Evolution of a protein folding nucleus.

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Published in Protein Sci on December 10, 2015

Authors

Xue Xia1, Liam M Longo1,2, Mason A Sutherland1, Michael Blaber1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 32306-4300.
2: Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

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