Urea–Water Solvation Forces on Prion Structures
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Urea–Water Solvation Forces on Prion Structures
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1549-9618,1549-9626
DOI: 10.1021/ct300264w