Fast-folding experiments and the topography of protein folding energy landscapes

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 425-432

  Wolynes, P G ^a   Luthey Schulten, Z ^a   Onuchic, J N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODEL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW;

MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0030155292     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(96)90090-3     Document Type: Review

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