Universality classes in folding times of proteins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 475-488

  Cieplak, Marek ^a,c   Hoang, Trinh Xuan ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR SIZE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0037216990     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74867-X     Document Type: Article

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