Interaction analysis of the native structure of prion protein with quantum chemical calculations

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 538-547

  Ishikawa, Takeshi ^a   Kuwata, Kazuo ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 77950106413     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct900456v     Document Type: Article

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