Recent atomic models of amyloid fibril structure

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 260-265

  Nelson, Rebecca ^a   Eisenberg, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

BETA SHEET; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS;

AMYLOID; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 33645995764     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2006.03.007     Document Type: Review

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