Statistical mechanics of simple models of protein folding and design

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3192-3210

  Pande, Vijay S ^a   Grosberg, Alexander Yu ^b,c   Tanaka, Toyoichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030735693     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78345-0     Document Type: Article

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