Effects of chain length on the aggregation of model polyglutamine peptides: Molecular dynamics simulations

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-109

  Marchut, Alexander J ^a   Hall, Carol K ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Intermediate resolution model; Molecular dynamics; Polyglutamine; Protein aggregation

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYGLUTAMINE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33845652619     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21132     Document Type: Article

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