Thermodynamic analysis of structural transitions during GNNQQNY aggregation

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1141-1155

  Osborne, Kenneth L ^a   Bachmann, Michael ^b   Strodel, Birgit ^a,c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation states; Amyloid aggregation; Coarse grained simulations; Orientational order parameters; Replica exchange molecular dynamics; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SUP35 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; ENERGY; HEAT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOIDOGENIC PROTEINS; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84879414731     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.24263     Document Type: Article

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