Impact of the tail and mutations G131V and M129V on prion protein flexibility

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 258-265

  Santini, Sébastien ^a   Claude, Jean Baptiste ^a   Audic, Stéphane ^a   Derreumaux, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Folding; Molecular dynamics simulations; Mutations; Prion protein; Stability

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; PH; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PRIONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 0037403022     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10348     Document Type: Article

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