Internal and environmental effects on folding and dimerisation of Alzheimer's β-amyloid peptide

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 440-448

  Anand, Priya ^a   Hansmann, Ulrich H E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggregation; amyloid formation; computer simulation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ALZHEIMER; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; AMYLOID DEPOSITS; AMYLOID FORMATION; AMYLOID PEPTIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; SALT BRIDGES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PEPTIDES;

GLYCOPROTEINS;

EID: 79957588075     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2011.551879     Document Type: Article

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