Pathways and Intermediates of Amyloid Fibril Formation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 374, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 917-924

  Pellarin, Riccardo ^a   Guarnera, Enrico ^a   Caflisch, Amedeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aggregation pathways; Alzheimer's disease; amyloid protofibrils; fibril growth; molecular dynamics simulations

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; AMYLOID; POLYPEPTIDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 35748943830     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.09.090     Document Type: Article

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