Master equation approach to finding the rate-limiting steps in biopolymer folding

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3413-3420

  Zhang, Wenbing ^a   Chen, Shi Jie ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; RATE CONSTANTS; SPECIFIC HEAT;

RATE LIMITING STEPS;

BIOPOLYMERS;

EID: 0037440807     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1538596     Document Type: Article

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