Characterizing the denatured state of human prion 121-230

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 86-90

  Lee, Cheng I ^a   Chang, Nai yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Denatured state; Human prion; Self guided Langevin dynamics

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN 121-230; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION;

AMYLOID; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PRIONS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 77954758380     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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