Physical reason for fast folding of the stable spatial structure of proteins: A solution of the levinthal paradox

Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 391-398

  Finkelstein, A V ^a   Badretdinov, A Ya ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

All or none transition; Protein folding kinetics; Stable protein structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031486612     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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