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Observation of distinct nanosecond and microsecond protein folding events

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Two very fast phases in the incipient folding of apomyoglobin are assigned to the formation of the first local and global structural elements of the protein.

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Ballew, R., Sabelko, J. & Gruebele, M. Observation of distinct nanosecond and microsecond protein folding events. Nat Struct Mol Biol 3, 923–926 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb1196-923

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