Osmolyte-driven contraction of a random coil protein.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on August 04, 1998

Authors

Y Qu1, C L Bolen, D W Bolen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1052, USA.

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