Impact of sequence on the molecular assembly of short amyloid peptides

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1469-1483

  Wagoner, Victoria A ^a   Cheon, Mookyung ^b   Chang, Iksoo ^b   Hall, Carol K ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coarse grained model; Discontinuous molecular dynamics; PRIME20; Protein aggregation; Short amyloid peptides

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[25-35]; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84902203310     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.24515     Document Type: Article

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