Structural analysis of Alzheimer's β(1-40) amyloid: Protofilament assembly of tubular fibrils

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 537-545

  Malinchik, Sergey B ^a   Inouye, Hideyo ^a   Szumowski, Karen E ^a   Kirschner, Daniel A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIREFRINGENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUROTOXICITY; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031962158     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77812-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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