Solution structure of humanin, a peptide against Alzheimer's disease-related neurotoxicity

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 329, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 152-160

  Benaki, Dimitra ^a   Zikos, Christos ^a   Evangelou, Alexandra ^a   Livaniou, Evangelia ^a   Vlassi, Metaxia ^a   Mikros, Emmanuel ^b   Pelecanou, Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; CD; Humanin; Molecular modeling; Neuroprotection; NMR

Indexed keywords

HUMANIN; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER MODEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 13844299455     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.01.100     Document Type: Article

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