Molecular determinants and thermodynamics of the amyloid precursor protein transmembrane domain implicated in alzheimer's disease

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 408, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 879-895

  Wang, Hao ^a   Barreyro, Laura ^a   Provasi, Davide ^a   Djemil, Imane ^a   Torres Arancivia, Celia ^a   Filizola, Marta ^a   Ubarretxena Belandia, Iban ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amyloid peptide; FRET; metadynamics; molecular dynamics; TOXCAT

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 79955473763     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.03.028     Document Type: Article

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