Folding of Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 334, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 515-525

  Khare, Sagar D ^a   Ding, Feng ^b   Dokholyan, Nikolay V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase; Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Misfolding; Molecular dynamics simulations

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STABILITY; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0242662235     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.09.069     Document Type: Article

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