Sequence and crowding effects in the aggregation of a 10-residue fragment derived from islet amyloid polypeptide

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4552-4560

  Rivera, Eva ^a   Straub, John ^a   Thirumalai, D ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYLIN; DIMER; PEPTIDE; PROLINE; AMYLOID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY; FIBER; IN VITRO STUDY; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; RAT;

RATTUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RATS;

EID: 68949108322     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.039     Document Type: Article

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