A cell-based method for the detection of nanomolar concentrations of bioactive amyloid

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 130-136

  Liu, Yuanbin ^a   Piasecki, Dana ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibrillogenesis; Amyloid fibrils; Amyloid peptide; Drug screening; MTT

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; PEPTIDES;

AMYLOID FIBRIL; AMYLOID PEPTIDES; DRUG SCREENING; FIBRILLOGENESIS; INTRACELLULAR VESICLES; NANOMOLAR CONCENTRATION; NEURODEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY;

GLYCOPROTEINS;

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; AMYLOID; FORMAZAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SURFACE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; EMBRYO; EXOCYTOSIS; GLIA CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT;

EID: 0035865244     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abio.2000.4928     Document Type: Article

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