An insight into the pathway of the amyloid fibril formation of hen egg white lysozyme obtained from a small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering study

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 237-251

  Yonezawa, Yasushige ^a   Tanaka, Shinpei ^b   Kubota, Tomomi ^b   Wakabayashi, Katsuzo ^c   Yutani, Katsuhide ^c   Fujiwara, Satoru ^d  

^a TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Circular dichroism; Lysozyme; Neutron scattering; X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMYLOID PROTEIN; DIMER; EGG WHITE; LYSOZYME; MONOMER; PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FIBER; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036404245     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00941-5     Document Type: Article

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