Dynamical properties of steric zipper polymorphs formed by a IAPP-derived peptide

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 846-851

  Stanzione, Francesca ^a,b   De Simone, Alfonso ^c   Esposito, Luciana ^a   Vitagliano, Luigi ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Division of Molecular Biosciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

sheet stability; Amylin; Amyloid; IAPP polypeptide; Molecular dynamics; Neurodegenerative diseases; Type II diabetes

Indexed keywords

AMYLIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 84865376943     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986612801619642     Document Type: Article

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