Residual structure in the Alzheimer's disease peptide: Probing the origin of a central hydrophobic cluster

Folding and Design

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 413-422

  Zhang, Shengsheng ^a   Casey, Nicole ^a   Lee, Jonathan P ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrophobic cluster; Protein folding; Residual structure; amyloid

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0031728016     PISSN: 13590278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0278(98)00054-6     Document Type: Article

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