Evidence for Polyproline II Helical Structure in Short Polyglutamine Tracts

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 361, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 362-371

  Chellgren, Brian W ^a   Miller, Anne Frances ^a,b   Creamer, Trevor P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggregation; amyloid; Huntington's disease; neurodegeneration; secondary structure

Indexed keywords

POLYGLUTAMINE; POLYPEPTIDE; POLYPROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DATA ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746376976     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.06.044     Document Type: Article

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