Studies on the structural stability of rabbit prion probed by molecular dynamics simulations of its wild-type and mutants

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-122

  Zhang, Jiapu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunity; Molecular dynamics; Prion diseases; Rabbit prion

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PRION DISEASE; SIMULATION; SMALL MAMMAL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 77649237972     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.01.024     Document Type: Article

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