Principles governing oligomer formation in amyloidogenic peptides

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-195

  Straub, John E ^a   Thirumalai, Devarajan ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[16-22]; OLIGOMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

RUMEX;

EID: 77951271571     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2009.12.017     Document Type: Review

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