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Can proteins be turned inside-out?

Nature Structural Biology volume 2, pages 85–86 (1995)Cite this article

Replacement of a buried salt bridge by a hydrophobic cluster in the Arc repressor dimer sheds light on the role of ionic and hydrophobic interactions in proteins.

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