Cooperativity and stability in a Langevin model of proteinlike folding

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 9276-9285

  Berriz, Gabriel F ^a   Gutin, Alexander M ^a   Shakhnovich, Eugene I ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000019441     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.474039     Document Type: Article

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