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q-bio.BM2004★ 2 cited
A model for the accidental catalysis of protein unfolding in vivo
Richard P. Sear
Activated processes such as protein unfolding are highly sensitive to heterogeneity in the environment. We study a highly simplified model of a protein in a random heterogeneous en…
cond-mat.stat-mech2004★ 21 cited
A statistical theory of nucleation in the presence of uncharacterised impurities
Richard P. Sear
First order phase transitions proceed via nucleation. The rate of nucleation varies exponentially with the free-energy barrier to nucleation, and so is highly sensitive to variatio…