Are peptides good two-state folders?

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2370-2375

  Berezhkovskii, Alexander M ^a   Tofoleanu, Florentina ^b   Buchete, Nicolae Viorel ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 80051633803     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct200281d     Document Type: Article

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