Formation of amyloid-like fibrils by self-association of a partially unfolded fibronectin type III module

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-258

  Litvinovich, Sergei V ^a   Brew, Shelesa A ^a   Aota, Shinichi ^c   Akiyama, Steven K ^c   Haudenschild, Christian ^a,b   Ingham, Kenneth C ^a,b  

^a HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibril; Extracellular matrix; Fibronectin; Protein folding; Self association

Indexed keywords

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; AMYLOID; FIBRONECTIN; OLIGOMER; POLYMER; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBER; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032503933     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1863     Document Type: Article

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