Long time dynamic simulations: Exploring the folding pathways of an Alzheimer's amyloid Aβ-peptide

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 473-481

  Straub, John E ^a   Guevara, Javier ^a,b   Huo, Shuanghong ^a,c   Lee, Jonathan P ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; SOLVENT;

ALPHA HELIX; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIFFUSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOLVATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; KINETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0036280438     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar010031e     Document Type: Article

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