β-sheet containment by flanking prolines: Molecular dynamic simulations of the inhibition of β-sheet elongation by proline residues in human prion protein

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2080-2089

  Shamsir, Mohd S ^a   Dalby, Andrew R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; PROLINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; DNA FLANKING REGION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 33947669947     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.092320     Document Type: Article

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