Molecular docking of four β-amyloid 1-42 fragments on the α7 nicotinic receptor: Delineating the binding site of the Aβ peptides

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 323, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1191-1196

  Espinoza Fonseca, L Michel ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

7 nicotinic receptor; Amyloid 1 42; A peptides; Alzheimer's disease; Molecular dynamics simulations; Protein protein docking

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 4644255704     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.08.218     Document Type: Article

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