Sequence and Structure Analysis of Parallel β Helices: Implication for Constructing Amyloid Structural Models

Structure

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1059-1072

  Gunasekaran, Kannan ^b   Nussinov, Ruth ^b,c  

^a Gavin)   (Taiwan)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMYLOID; ASPARAGINE; CYSTEINE; PHENYLALANINE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; ENERGY; EXAMINATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MUTAGENESIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; AMYLOID; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 33744807442     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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