Peptide aggregation in finite systems

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3208-3221

  Singh, Gurpreet ^a   Brovchenko, Ivan V ^a   Oleinikova, Alla ^a   Winter, Roland ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PEPTIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; ROTATION; TIME;

AMYLOID; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 55949114507     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.136226     Document Type: Article

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