Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 41-46 , March 2005

Clustering and diversity of fluctuations for proteins

  • Melik C. Demirel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
    • Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 212 EES Bldg., School of Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802.
    • ,
  • Dmitry Cherny, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany

Received 16 October 2004 ,Accepted 25 November 2004.

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PII: S1549-9634(05)00008-0

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2004.11.007

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 41-46 , March 2005

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