Dominant Folding Pathways of a Beta-Hairpin
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Pietro Faccioli∗,1, 2 Alice Lonardi, 3 and Henri Orland Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá degli Studi di Trento, Via Sommarive 14, Povo (Trento) Italy, I-38100. I.N.F.N., Gruppo Collegato di Trento, Via Sommarive 14, Povo (Trento) Italy, I-38100. Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Universitá di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica I-00133 Rome, Italy Institut de Physique Theorique, Centre dEtudes de Saclay, CEA, IPhT, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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