Folding Landscapes of the Alzheimer Amyloid-β(12-28) Peptide

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 362, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 567-579

  Baumketner, Andrij ^a   Shea, Joan Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer amyloid peptide; conformational space sampling; protein folding; replica exchange molecular dynamics simulations

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33748121600     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.07.032     Document Type: Article

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