Ferguson Folding Protein (IMAGE)

University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering

Ferguson Folding Protein

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The molecular folding funnel contains all of the stable molecular states and folding pathways between them, providing important information about structure and mechanisms that can reveal how a polymer or protein folds, or aid in the design of drug molecule or ligands with a particular shape.

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Andrew Ferguson, University of Illinois

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