A simple lattice model that captures protein folding, aggregation and amyloid formation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Abeln, Sanne ^a   Vendruscolo, Michele ^b   Dobson, Christopher M ^b   Frenkel, Daan ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYLOID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 84898621356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085185     Document Type: Article

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