Investigating how peptide length and a pathogenic mutation modify the structural ensemble of amyloid beta monomer

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 315-324

  Lin, Yu Shan ^a   Bowman, Gregory R ^a,b   Beauchamp, Kyle A ^a   Pande, Vijay S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN (1 42); AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN (1-42); PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TIME;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; MARKOV CHAINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84862909284     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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