Matching theory and experiment in protein folding

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-196

  Alm, Eric ^a   Baker, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0033117763     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(99)80027-X     Document Type: Article

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