Computational studies of the structure, dynamics and native content of amyloid-like fibrils of ribonuclease A

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 863-872

  Colombo, Giorgio ^a   Meli, Massimiliano ^a   De Simone, Alfonso ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Amyloid formation; Fibrils; Folding misfolding; Molecular dynamics; Molecular recognition

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; POLYGLUTAMINE; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE A;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; HYDRATION; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AMYLOID; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, PROTEIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 38549138415     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21648     Document Type: Article

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