Protein folding: Matching theory and experiment

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 428-434

  Laurents, Douglas V ^a   Baldwin, Robert L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DNA HELIX; ENTROPY; ENZYME KINETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; THEORY;

EID: 0031837168     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77530-7     Document Type: Article

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