Watching amyloid fibrils grow by time-lapse atomic force microscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-39

  Goldsbury, Claire ^b   Kistler, Joerg ^b   Aebi, Ueli ^b   Arvinte, Tudor ^a   Cooper, Garth J S ^b  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amylin; Amyloid; Diabetes; Fibril formation; Time lapse atomic force microscopy

Indexed keywords

AMYLIN; AMYLOID;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL GROWTH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FIBER; HUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MICA;

EID: 0033534397     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2299     Document Type: Article

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