Amyloid-β-sheet formation at the air-water interface

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3305-3310

  Schladitz, Claudia ^a   Vieira, Euridice P ^a   Hermel, Horst ^a   Möhwald, Helmuth ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032796425     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77161-4     Document Type: Article

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