Contact-induced structure transformation in transmembrane prion propagation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2704-2710

  Ou, D M ^a   Chen, C C ^a   Chen, C M ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; PRION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS TRANSFORMATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34147122523     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.098335     Document Type: Article

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