The first two authors contributed equally to the present work, with JRR being mostly responsible for setting up the simulations and developing some of the analysis tools, and CJVS by the extensive analysis of the data.
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Potentially amyloidogenic conformational intermediates populate the unfolding landscape of transthyretin: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations
Article first published online: 20 NOV 2009
DOI: 10.1002/pro.289
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Rodrigues, J. R., Simões, C. J. V., Silva, C. G. and Brito, R. M. M. (2010), Potentially amyloidogenic conformational intermediates populate the unfolding landscape of transthyretin: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations. Protein Science, 19: 202–219. doi: 10.1002/pro.289
Publication History
- Issue published online: 21 JAN 2010
- Article first published online: 20 NOV 2009
- Accepted manuscript online: 20 NOV 2009 12:00AM EST
- Manuscript Accepted: 26 OCT 2009
- Manuscript Revised: 25 OCT 2009
- Manuscript Received: 24 MAR 2009
Funded by
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
- Program FEDER, Portugal. Grant Numbers: POCTI/BME/49583/2002, PTDC/BIA-PRO/72838/2006, AI/06/02, SFRH/BD/16888/2004, SFRH/BD/29357/2006
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