Short peptide amyloid organization: Stabilities and conformations of the islet amyloid peptide NFGAIL

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1884-1894

  Zanuy, David ^a   Ma, Buyong ^a   Nussinov, Ruth ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMYLIN; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; NFGAIL PEPTIDE; OLIGOMER; PEPTIDE; PRION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; FORCE; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIMULATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0037339326     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74996-0     Document Type: Article

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