Steric constraints in model proteins
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Cristian Micheletti, Jayanth R. Banavar, Amos Maritan and Flavio Seno (1) Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 8,35131 Padova, Italy (2) Department of Physics and Center for Materials Physics, 104 Davey Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 (3) Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia International School for Advanced Studies (S.I.S.S.A.), Via Beirut 2-4, 34014 Trieste, Italy (November 18, 1997)
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