Loop-closure principles in protein folding.

نویسنده

  • Thomas R Weikl
چکیده

Simple theoretical concepts and models have been helpful to understand the folding rates and routes of single-domain proteins. As reviewed in this article, a physical principle that appears to underly these models is loop closure.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

دوره 469 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008