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Theories of Protein Folding

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The Enzyme Catalysis Process

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It is generally recognized that one of the most important and most challenging unsolved problems of molecular biology is the protein folding problem. What is this problem and why is it so important?

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  1. Division of Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

    R. L. Somorjai

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  1. Dept. of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    Alan Cooper

  2. Istituto di Chimica Quantistica ed Energetica Molecolare, CNR, Via Risorgimento 35, I-56100, Pisa, Italy

    Julien L. Houben  & Lisa C. Chien  & 

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Somorjai, R.L. (1989). Theories of Protein Folding. In: Cooper, A., Houben, J.L., Chien, L.C. (eds) The Enzyme Catalysis Process. Progress in Mathematics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1607-8_4

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