Nanomechanics and intermolecular forces of amyloid revealed by four-dimensional electron microscopy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3380-3385

  Fitzpatrick, Anthony W P ^a   Vanacore, Giovanni M ^a   Zewail, Ahmed H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

4D electron diffraction; Nanomechanics; Proteins; Structural dynamics

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; INSULIN; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PREALBUMIN; NANOPARTICLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEHYDRATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FORCE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRETCHING; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG MODULUS; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID; ANISOTROPY; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NANOPARTICLES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84925252124     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1502214112     Document Type: Article

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