Synchrotron X-ray studies suggest that the core of the transthyretin amyloid fibril is a continuous β-sheet helix

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 989-998

  Blake, Colin ^a   Serpell, Louise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Ctr for Res in Neurodeg Diseases   (Canada)

Author keywords

amyloid; fibre diffraction; molecular model; protofilament; sheet helix

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030586945     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00104-9     Document Type: Article

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