Misfolding of the amyloid β-protein: A molecular dynamics study

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 183-192

  Flöck, Dagmar ^a   Colacino, Stefano ^b   Colombo, Giorgio ^b   Di Nola, Alfredo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conformational changes; pH dependence; Protein aggregation; Terminal charges

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLUTIONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 30344461291     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20683     Document Type: Article

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