An NMR investigation of solution aggregation reactions preceding the misassembly of acid-denatured cold shock protein A into fibrils

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1191-1206

  Alexandrescu, Andrei T ^a   Rathgeb Szabo, Klara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibrils; OB fold; Protein aggregation; Protein folding; Residual structure

Indexed keywords

ACID; AMYLOID; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0033520495     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3039     Document Type: Article

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