Structure and sequence determinants of aggregation investigated with molecular dynamics

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 532-539

  Moroni, Elisabetta ^a,b   Scarabelli, Guido ^b   Colombo, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Amyloid; Fibrils; Folding; Misfolding; Molecular dynamics; Review

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PEPTIDE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW;

AMYLOID; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 63849306522     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3260     Document Type: Article

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