Structure of core domain of fibril-forming PHF/tau fragments

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1774-1789

  Inouye, Hideyo ^a   Sharma, Deepak ^a   Goux, Warren J ^b   Kirschner, Daniel A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPEPTIDE; HYDROGEN; TAU PROTEIN; TETRAPEPTIDE; TRIPEPTIDE; TYROSINE; AMYLOID; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL; FIBER; HYDROGEN BOND; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMYLOID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 33646155955     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.070136     Document Type: Article

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