A Proposed Atomic Structure of the Self-Assembly of the Non-Amyloid-β Component of Human α-Synuclein As Derived by Computational Tools

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 31, 2015, Pages 10005-10015

  Atsmon Raz, Yoav ^a   Miller, Yifat ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; GLYCOPROTEINS;

COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; PARKINSONS DISEASE; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SELF ASSEMBLED STRUCTURES; SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 84938703038     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03760     Document Type: Article

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