Computational models for the prediction of polypeptide aggregation propensity

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 437-444

  Caflisch, Amedeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYLOID; GLOBULAR PROTEIN;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PEPTIDES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; PROTEINS;

EID: 33748525884     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.07.009     Document Type: Review

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