Protein Folding and Spin Glass
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We explicitly show the connection between the protein folding problem and spin glass transition. This is then used to identify appropriate quantities that are required to describe the transition. A possible way of observing the spin glass transition is proposed. 87.15.-v, 89.90.+n, 61.41.+e, 75.10.Nr Typeset using REVTEX
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