A surprising simplicity to protein folding

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6782, 2000, Pages 39-42

  Baker, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHYSICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034604105     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35011000     Document Type: Article

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