Oligomerization of amyloid Aβ16-22 peptides using hydrogen bonds and hydrophobicity forces

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3657-3664

  Favrin, Giorgio ^a   Irbäck, Anders ^a   Mohanty, Sandipan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID A BETA PEPTIDE[16-22]; AMYLOID A PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN (16 22); AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN (16-22); MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ALPHA HELIX; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 10044227276     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.046839     Document Type: Article

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