Structural stability and dynamics of an amyloid-forming peptide GNNQQNY from the yeast prion sup-35

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 824-833

  Zheng, Jie ^a   Ma, Buyong ^a   Tsai, Chung Jung ^a   Nussinov, Ruth ^a,b,c  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN; ASPARAGINE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCYLASPARAGINYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLASPARAGINYLTYROSINE; OLIGOMER; PRION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746765060     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.083246     Document Type: Article

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