Amyloid probes based on Congo Red distinguish between fibrils comprising different peptides

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 351-358

  Ashburn, Ted T ^a,b   Han, Hogyu ^a   McGuinness, Brian F ^a,c   Lansbury Jr , Peter T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PHARMACOPEIA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amylin; Amyloid; Congo Red; Type II diabetes

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CONGO RED; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; CONGO RED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES;

EID: 0030133644     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(96)90118-0     Document Type: Article

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