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Van Der Waals Interaction and the Stability of Helical Polypeptide Chains

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DE SANTIS, P., GIGLIO, E., LIQUORI, A. et al. Van Der Waals Interaction and the Stability of Helical Polypeptide Chains. Nature 206, 456–458 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206456a0

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