The Alzheimer's peptide Aβ adopts a collapsed coil structure in water

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 130-141

  Zhang, S ^a   Iwata, K ^a   Lachenmann, M J ^c   Peng, J W ^b   Li, S ^a   Stimson, E R ^d   Lu, Y A ^e   Felix, A M ^e   Maggio, J E ^d   Lee, J P ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Amyloid; Folding; Peptide; Structure

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033855845     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2000.4288     Document Type: Article

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