Insights into structure, stability, and toxicity of monomeric and aggregated polyglutamine models from molecular dynamics simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4031-4040

  Esposito, Luciana ^a   Paladino, Antonella ^a,b   Pedone, Carlo ^a,c   Vitagliano, Luigi ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; POLYGLUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; MACROMOLECULE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PEPTIDES;

EID: 43849090507     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.118935     Document Type: Article

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