Emergence of preferred structures in a simple model of protein folding

Science

Volumn 273, Issue 5275, 1996, Pages 666-669

  Li, Hao ^a   Helling, Robert ^a,b   Tang, Chao ^a   Wingreen, Ned ^a  

^a NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029772552     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5275.666     Document Type: Review

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