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Loop-closure principles in protein folding

Biomolecules 2007-09-24 v1

Abstract

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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@article{arxiv.0709.3388,
  title  = {Loop-closure principles in protein folding},
  author = {Thomas R. Weikl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.3388},
  year   = {2007}
}

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27 pages, 5 figures; to appear in Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

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