Aggregation mechanism investigation of the GIFQINS cross-β amyloid fibril

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-45

  Chen, Hai Feng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregation mechanism; Amyloid like fibril; Intermediate state; Transition state

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYPEPTIDES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

AGGREGATION MECHANISM; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASES; AMYLOID FIBRILS; AMYLOID-LIKE FIBRIL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXPLICIT WATERS; FATAL DISEASES; FIBRIL FORMATIONS; HEXAMER; HIGH TEMPERATURES; INTERMEDIATE STATE; KINETICS ANALYSES; MODELING STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PENTAMER; PRION DISEASES; ROOM TEMPERATURES; STABLE STATES; TETRAMER; TRANSITION STATE; TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES;

GLYCOPROTEINS;

AMYLOID; BIOPOLYMER; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMYLOID; BIOPOLYMERS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OLIGOPEPTIDES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 57749195950     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2008.07.023     Document Type: Article

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