Computational studies on prion proteins: Effect of Ala 117→Val mutation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2746-2757

  Okimoto, Noriaki ^a   Yamanaka, Kazunori ^b   Suenaga, Atsushi ^c   Hata, Masayuki ^b   Hoshino, Tyuji ^b  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Biological Network Team   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; PRION PROTEIN; VALINE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0036225157     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75615-4     Document Type: Article

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