Dependence of protein folding stability and dynamics on the density and composition of macromolecular crowders

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 315-320

  Mittal, Jeetain ^a   Best, Robert B ^b  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77049106311     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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