Protein folding: Does diffusion determine the folding rate?

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages

  Creighton, Thomas E ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

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EID: 0031172391     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00180-1     Document Type: Article

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