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A beautifully simple yet descriptive model which yields deep insight
into the behavior of protein folding.
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Gresser, M. J.; Myers, J. A.; Boyer, P. D. Catalytic Site Cooperativity
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A tour-de-force of classical biochemical kinetics.
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Pauling, Linus. The Nature of the Chemical Bond. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1931,
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Probably the paper one could accurately describe as the birth of
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framework.
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Frauenfelder, H.; Sligar, S. G.; Wolynes, P. G. The Energy Landscapes
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Lazebnik, Yuri. Can a biologist fix a radio? Cancer Cell. 2002, 179-182.
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Why get better microscopes to see small things when you can just
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The last of Hodgkin and Huxley's classic series of papers where
they both explain the phenomenology of an action potential and lay
the groundwork for decades of fascinating electrophysiology.