Spontaneous formation of twisted Aβ 16-22 Fibrils in Large-Scale Molecular-Dynamics Simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2493-2501

  Cheon, Mookyung ^a   Chang, Iksoo ^a   Hall, Carol K ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE; TIME; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACIDS; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 81255184472     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.08.042     Document Type: Article

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