A molecular dynamics approach to the structural characterization of amyloid aggregation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 357, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1306-1321

  Cecchini, M ^a   Curcio, R ^a   Pappalardo, M ^b   Melki, R ^c   Caflisch, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

Author keywords

Alzhemer's disease; Amyloid; Prion; Protein aggregation; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

AMYLIN; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN URE2; SOLVENT; THIOFLAVINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; DECOMPOSITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POINT MUTATION; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; YEAST;

EID: 33644821609     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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