Molecular dynamics simulations of alanine rich β-sheet oligomers: Insight into amyloid formation

Protein Science

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2335-2350

  Ma, Buyong ^a,b   Nussinov, Ruth ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

sheet; Amyloid; Conformational conversion; Molecular dynamics simulation; Prion; Protein folding; Protein unfolding

Indexed keywords

ALANINE DERIVATIVE; AMYLOID; PRION PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIMULATION;

AMYLOID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0036784617     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.4270102     Document Type: Article

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