Secondary structure, mechanical stability, and location of transition state of proteins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2644-2654

  Mai, Suan Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; KINETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 35348959904     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.106138     Document Type: Article

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