The energy landscape as a unifying theme in molecular science

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1827, 2005, Pages 357-377

  Wales, David J ^a   Clary, D C ^b   Schon J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy landscape; Magic numbers; Protein folding; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

EID: 12944264524     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2004.1497     Document Type: Article

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