Origin of the designability of protein structures

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 4696-4700

  Tatsumi, Rie ^a   Chikenji, George ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0001567126     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.60.4696     Document Type: Article

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