Fibril formation by amyloid-β proteins may involve β-helical protofibrils

Journal of Peptide Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 633-640

  Lazo, N D ^a   Downing, Donald T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

helix; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid ; Protofibrils

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HYDROGEN BONDING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0032980443     PISSN: 1397002X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3011.1999.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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