The most surprising feature of proteins, which distinguishes them from all other types of large polymeric molecules and provides them with a broad range of special properties, is their unique structural order. The position of each atom in these macromolecules is unique relative to its neighboring at
Implications of thermodynamics of protein folding for evolution of primary sequences
โ Scribed by Shakhnovich, E. I.; Gutin, A. M.
- Book ID
- 109765617
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 315 KB
- Volume
- 346
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/346773a0
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