Probing energetics of Aβ fibril elongation by molecular dynamics simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4428-4437

  Takeda, Takako ^a   Klimov, Dmitri K ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FIBER; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIMULATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 68949122827     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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