Misfolded amyloid ion channels present mobile β-sheet subunits in contrast to conventional ion channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3029-3037

  Jang, Hyunbum ^a   Arce, Fernando Teran ^b   Capone, Ricardo ^b   Ramachandran, Srinivasan ^b   Lal, Ratnesh ^b   Nussinov, Ruth ^a,c  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; HYDROGEN BOND; ION CURRENT; ION PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 72549099399     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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