The conformational ensembles of α-synuclein and tau: Combining single-molecule FRET and simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1940-1949

  Nath, Abhinav ^a   Sammalkorpi, Maria ^b,c   Dewitt, David C ^a   Trexler, Adam J ^a   Elbaum Garfinkle, Shana ^a   O'Hern, Corey S ^b   Rhoades, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; SYNUCLEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SYNUCLEINS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84868565405     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.09.032     Document Type: Article

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