Characterization of the unfolded state of repeat proteins

HFSP Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 405-415

  Mor, Amit ^a   Haran, Gilad ^a   Levy, Yaakov ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 70349429116     PISSN: 19552068     EISSN: 1955205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2976/1.3021145     Document Type: Article

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