Theoretical studies of protein-folding thermodynamics and kinetics

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-40

  Shakhnovich, Eugene I ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031059496     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(97)80005-X     Document Type: Article

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