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Collin M. Stultz.
Yang, Chen, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2007-04-03T17:07:14Z
2007-04-03T17:07:14Z
2005
2005
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37058
82461273
Thesis (M. Eng. and S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2005.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-85).
Collagen is the most abundant proteins in mammals, and collagen degradation is a process that may be associated with many diseases. In this research we use collagen-like peptides that model both cleavage and noncleavage sites of collagen type III to study the stability and degradation of collagen as a function of amino acid sequence variation. Molecular Dynamics is used to compute the potential of mean force of these collagen-like peptides and predict their triple helical content. The predicted result is then compared with experimental results from Circular Dichroism spectroscopy. Similar studies are done on mutant peptides of collagen from the Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome type IV.
by Chen Yang.
M.Eng.
S.B.
86, i-xxxiii p.
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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