Polyglutamine repeats and β-helix structure: Molecular dynamics study

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 918-927

  Merlino, Antonello ^a   Esposito, Luciana ^b   Vitagliano, Luigi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Sui Peptidi Bioattivi (CIRPEB)   (Italy)

Author keywords

helix structures; Amyloid formation; Misfolding; Molecular dynamics simulations; Neurodegenerative disease; Polyglutamine repeats

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; POLYGLUTAMINE; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 33646794342     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20941     Document Type: Article

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