Does the location of a mutation determine the ability to form amyloid fibrils?

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 323, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-22

  Ramírez Alvarado, Marina ^a   Regan, Lynne ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid formation; Cross seeding; Protein G B1 domain; Protein stability; sheet

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN G;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MELTING POINT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT;

EID: 0036396520     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00840-9     Document Type: Article

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