Thermodynamics of β-sheet formation in polyglutamine

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 303-311

  Vitalis, Andreas ^a   Lyle, Nicholas ^a   Pappu, Rohit V ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; KINETICS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 68949127591     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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