Engineering Proteins for Stability and Efficient Folding

Protein Folding Handbook

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1281-1333

  Schimmele, Bernhard ^a   Plückthun, Andreas ^a  

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Author keywords

Approaches; Engineering; Principles; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746816442     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527619498.ch72     Document Type: Chapter

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