Intrinsically disordered proteins in biology: One for all, all for one.

Arch Biochem Biophys

Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular, Universidad Miguel Hernández, 03202, Elche, Alicante, Spain; Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI), Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain. Electronic address:

Published: May 2020

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