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ArticleBeilstein journal of nanotechnology2013

Molecular dynamics simulations of mechanical failure in polymorphic arrangements of amyloid fibrils containing structural defects.

Hlengisizwe Ndlovu, Alison E Ashcroft, Sheena E Radford, Sarah A Harris

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Article in Beilstein journal of nanotechnology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors.

Hlengisizwe NdlovuSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK ; Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
Alison E Ashcroft
Sheena E Radford
Sarah A Harris

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We examine how the different steric packing arrangements found in amyloid fibril polymorphs can modulate their mechanical properties using steered molecular dynamics simulations. Our calculations demonstrate that for fibrils containing structural defects, their ability to resist force in a particular direction can be dominated by both the number and molecular details of the defects that are present. The simulations thereby suggest a hierarchy of factors that govern the mechanical resilience of fibrils, and illustrate the general principles that must be considered when quantifying the mechanical properties of amyloid fibres containing defects.

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amyloidfibril fragmentationsteered molecular dynamics (SMD)structural defects

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PMID23946911
PMCPMC3740767

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