A model of insulin fibrils derived from the x-ray crystal structure of a monomeric insulin (despentapeptide insulin)

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 507-516

  Brange, J ^a,b   Dodson, G G ^a   Edwards, D J ^a,c   Holden, P H ^a   Whittingham, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^c ACCELRYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

despentapeptide; fibrillation; insulin; structure; x ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED; INSULIN DERIVATIVE; INSULIN[DEPENTAPEPTIDE]; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; INSULIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; WATER;

EID: 0030907673     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199704)27:4<507::AID-PROT4>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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