Protein folding: Thickening the broth

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Minton, Allen P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 0034628613     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00301-8     Document Type: Review

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