Energy landscape theory for Alzheimer's amyloid β-peptide fibril elongation

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 217-229

  Massi, Francesca ^a   Straub, John E ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

A peptide; Alzheimer's disease; Denaturant; Fibril; Kinetics; Protein folding; Reaction rates

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ADSORPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CROSS LINKING; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0035254995     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0134(20010201)42:2<217::AID-PROT90>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Conference Paper

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