How sequence determines elasticity of disordered proteins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3863-3869

  Cheng, Shanmei ^a   Cetinkaya, Murat ^a,b   Gräter, Frauke ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HEIDELBERG INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ARANEAE;

EID: 78650220836     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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