Exploiting the downhill folding regime via experiment

HFSP Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 342-353

  Muñoz, Victor ^a,b   Sadqi, Mourad ^a   Naganathan, Athi N ^a   de Sancho, David ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

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EID: 69149110300     PISSN: 19552068     EISSN: 1955205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2976/1.2988030     Document Type: Article

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