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An analysis of packing in the protein folding problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2009

Frederic M. Richards  and
Wendell A. Lim
Frederic M. Richards
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Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06437USA
Wendell A. Lim
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06437USA
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The number of globular proteins for which high resolution structures are available is rapidly increasing. In each case the particular sequence of the polypeptide appears to yield only a single, compact, biologically active structure. However, peptides with no obvious sequence similarity may form remarkably similar structures.

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Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , November 1993 , pp. 423 - 498
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