Quantum transport and utilization of free energy in protein α-helices

@article{Georgiev2020QuantumTA,
  title={Quantum transport and utilization of free energy in protein $\alpha$-helices},
  author={Danko D. Georgiev and James F. Glazebrook},
  journal={arXiv: Biological Physics},
  year={2020},
  volume={82},
  pages={253-300}
}
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