Refined fibril structures: The hydrophobic core in Alzheimer's amyloid β-protein and prion as revealed by X-ray diffraction

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 199, 1996, Pages 22-39

  Inouye, Hideyo ^a   Kirschner, Daniel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRION; THEORETICAL MODEL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; HUMANS; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030329342     PISSN: 03005208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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