Formation of amyloid fibrils by peptides derived from the bacterial cold shock protein CspB

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1350-1357

  Groß, Michael ^a   Wilkins, Deborah K ^a   Pitkeathly, Maureen C ^a   Chung, Evonne W ^a   Higham, Claire ^b   Clark, Anne ^b   Dobson, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetonitrile; Aggregation; Amyloid; Circular dichroism; Electron microscopy; Misfolding; NMR spectroscopy; sheet

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0005431368     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.6.1350     Document Type: Article

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