Open source platform for the execution and analysis of mechanical refolding experiments

Bioinformatics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 423-425

  Aioanei, Daniel ^a   Brucale, Marco ^a   Samorí, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN REFOLDING;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; KINETICS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN REFOLDING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79551579055     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq663     Document Type: Article

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