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Unified perspective on proteins: A physics approach

Jayanth R. Banavar, Trinh Xuan Hoang, Amos Maritan, Flavio Seno, Antonio Trovato

cond-mat.stat-mecharXiv:cond-mat/0410291

Abstract

We study a physical system which, while devoid of the complexity one usually associates with proteins, nevertheless displays a remarkable array of protein-like properties. The constructive hypothesis that this striking resemblance is not accidental leads not only to a unified framework for understanding protein folding, amyloid formation and protein interactions but also has implications for natural selection.

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