Two Misfolding Routes for the Prion Protein around pH 4.5

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Garrec, Julian ^a   Tavernelli, Ivano ^a   Rothlisberger, Ursula ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS;

CONDITION; DYNAMICS SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; ENDOSOMES; GUANIDINIUM; IMIDAZOL; MISFOLDING; PRION PROTEIN; PROTONATED; PROTONATIONS;

PROTONATION;

CHAPERONE; GUANIDINE; IMIDAZOLE; PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENDOSOME; ENTROPY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84878480862     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003057     Document Type: Article

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