Molecular dynamics simulations indicate a possible role of parallel β-helices in seeded aggregation of poly-Gln

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2442-2451

  Stork, Martina ^a   Giese, Armin ^a   Kretzschmar, Hans A ^a   Tavan, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; POLYGLUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; BETA HELIX; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 22144432561     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.052415     Document Type: Article

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