Mapping the Broad Structural and Mechanical Properties of Amyloid Fibrils

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 584-594

  Lamour, Guillaume ^a   Nassar, Roy ^a   Chan, Patrick H W ^a   Bozkurt, Gunes ^b   Li, Jixi ^b,c   Bui, Jennifer M ^a   Yip, Calvin K ^a   Mayor, Thibault ^a   Li, Hongbin ^a   Wu, Hao ^b   Gsponer, Jörg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; INSULIN;

BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMYLOID; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; INSULIN; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 85014000139     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.12.036     Document Type: Article

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