Aggregation and metal-binding properties of mutant forms of the amyloid Aβ peptide of Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 740-747

  Clements, Angela ^a   Allsop, David ^b   Walsh, Dominic M ^a,c   Williams, Carvell H ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; Metal binding; Mutations

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; FERROUS ION; NICKEL; ZINC;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0030024168     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66020740.x     Document Type: Article

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