Molecular dynamics of mouse and syrian hamster PrP: Implications for activity

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 327-340

  Parchment, Oswald G ^a   Essex, Jonathan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Conformational flexibility; Digital filter; Mutants; Prion

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL FILTERING; INFECTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PRPC PROTEINS; PRPSC PROTEINS;

CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0034651867     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(20000215)38:3<327::AID-PROT8>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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