Thermodynamic description of polymorphism in Q- and N-rich peptide aggregates revealed by atomistic simulation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Berryman, Joshua T ^a   Radford, Sheena E ^a   Harris, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN; ASPARTIC ACID; GLYCINE; HUNTINGTIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FIBER; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHENOTYPE; PRION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; YEAST;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 68849107584     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.062     Document Type: Article

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