Accelerated oligomerization by Parkinson's disease linked α-synuclein mutants

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 920, Issue , 2000, Pages 42-45

  Conway, K A ^a   Rochet, J C ^a   Ding, T T ^b   Harper, J D ^b   Williamson, R E ^a   Lansbury Jr , P T ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEWY BODY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 0034528027     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06903.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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