Energy landscape along an enzymatic reaction trajectory: Hinges or cracks?

HFSP Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 61-64

  Whitford, Paul Charles ^a   Onuchic, José Nelson ^a   Wolynes, Peter Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 61949448788     PISSN: 19552068     EISSN: 1955205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2976/1.2894846     Document Type: Article

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