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Remark on Protein Collapse from a Random Walk

Biological Physics 2019-07-23 v2 Soft Condensed Matter

Abstract

I use a mean-field approximation to show the rapid collapse of heteropolymers from random walk size to a much smaller, molten globule state due to hydrophobic interactions, to be followed by a slower annealing process in which there is little change in overall size.

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@article{arxiv.1902.06005,
  title  = {Remark on Protein Collapse from a Random Walk},
  author = {Ramzi R. Khuri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.06005},
  year   = {2019}
}

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6 pages, 1 figure

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