Similar folds with different stabilization mechanisms: The cases of prion and doppel proteins

BMC Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Colacino, Stefano ^a   Tiana, Guido ^b   Colombo, Giorgio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLIABILITY; PRIONS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33748974586     PISSN: 14726807     EISSN: 14726807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-6-17     Document Type: Article

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