Probing the Huntingtin 1-17 membrane anchor on a phospholipid bilayer by using all-atom simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1187-1198

  Côté, Sébastien ^a   Binette, Vincent ^a   Salnikov, Evgeniy S ^b   Bechinger, Burkhard ^b   Mousseau, Normand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-PALMITOYL-2-OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; HTT PROTEIN, HUMAN; HUNTINGTIN; LIPID BILAYER; NERVE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTIN PROTEIN; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84924957525     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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