A PDZ domain recapitulates a unifying mechanism for protein folding.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on December 19, 2006

Authors

Stefano Gianni1, Christian D Geierhaas, Nicoletta Calosci, Per Jemth, Geerten W Vuister, Carlo Travaglini-Allocatelli, Michele Vendruscolo, Maurizio Brunori

Author Affiliations

1: Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti e Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari del CNR, Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche "A. Rossi Fanelli," Università di Roma "La Sapienza," Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.

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