Protein folding is mechanistically robust

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 859-867

  Weber, Jeffrey K ^a   Pande, Vijay S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BAYES THEOREM; MARKOV CHAINS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 84857285809     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.01.028     Document Type: Article

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