Statistical analysis of native contact formation in the folding of designed model proteins

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2503-2510

  Tiana, Guido ^a,b   Broglia, Ricardo A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONFORMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PROTEIN FOLDING;

PROTEINS;

EID: 0034823503     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1337041     Document Type: Article

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