Computer simulation study of amyloid fibril formation by palindromic sequences in prion peptides

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2132-2145

  Wagoner, Victoria A ^a   Cheon, Mookyung ^b   Chang, Iksoo ^b   Hall, Carol K ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Coarse grained model; Computer simulation; Peptide

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMYLOID; PRION PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN 111 120; PRION PROTEIN 113 120; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; KINETICS; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRIONS; TEMPERATURE;

MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 79958770752     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.23034     Document Type: Article

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