Topological investigation of amyloid fibrils obtained from β2-microglobulin

Protein Science

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2362-2369

  Monti, Maria ^a   Principe, Serena ^b   Giorgetti, Sofia ^c   Mangione, Palma ^d   Merlini, Gianpaolo ^e   Clark, Anne ^e   Bellotti, Vittorio ^d   Amoresano, Angela ^c   Pucci, Piero ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biochimica   (Italy)

Author keywords

2 microglobulin; Amyloid fibrils; Amyloidosis; Limited proteolysis; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; POLYMER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMYLOID; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0036786492     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0206902     Document Type: Article

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