Influence of temperature on formation of perfect tau fragment fibrils using PRIME20/DMD simulations

Protein Science

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1514-1527

  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

Amyloid tau fragment; Coarse grained model; Discontinuous molecular dynamics; Protein aggregation; Steric zipper interface

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; TAU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FIBER; FIBROGENESIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN BOND; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACIDS; AMYLOID; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TAU PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84866606825     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2141     Document Type: Article

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