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Research Article

Solvent sensitivity of protein aggregation in Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase: a molecular dynamics simulation study

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Pages 2605-2617 | Received 12 Jun 2017, Accepted 01 Aug 2017, Published online: 20 Aug 2017

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