Characterization of Aβ Monomers through the Convergence of Ensemble Properties among Simulations with Multiple Force Fields

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 259-277

  Rosenman, David J ^a,b   Wang, Chunyu ^a,b   García, Angel E ^a,b,c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PROTEINS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

ALZHEIMERS DISEASE; COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; DISEASE PHENOTYPES; FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES; REPLICA EXCHANGE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIMULATION PARAMETERS; STRONG CONVERGENCE; STRUCTURAL FLEXIBILITIES;

PEPTIDES;

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84955474517     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b09379     Document Type: Article

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