Effects of all-atom force fields on amyloid oligomerization: Replica exchange molecular dynamics simulations of the Aβ16-22 dimer and trimer

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 9778-9788

  Nguyen, Phuong H ^a,b   Li, Mai Suan ^d   Derreumaux, Philippe ^b,c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b France   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN (16 22); AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN (16-22); PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; DIMERIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79955622216     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1cp20323a     Document Type: Article

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