Folding network of villin headpiece subdomain

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3374-3384

  Lei, Hongxing ^a,c   Su, Yao ^a,b   Jin, Lian ^a   Duan, Yong ^c,d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 78649309080     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.08.081     Document Type: Article

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