Folding free energy surfaces of three small proteins under crowding: Validation of the postprocessing method by direct simulation

Physical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Qin, Sanbo ^a   Mittal, Jeetain ^b   Zhou, Huan Xiang ^a  

^a Florida State University   (United States)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

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EID: 84876055112     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/10/4/045001     Document Type: Article

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