Levinthal's paradox
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Within Vinony's link graph, Levinthal's paradox is referenced by 14 other articles, and connects out to International Standard Book Number, amino acid and digital object identifier.
It is catalogued under topics including Eponymous paradoxes, Physical paradoxes and Protein structure.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- paradox
- Named after
- Cyrus Levinthal
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- facet of
- protein folding
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