Amyloid-forming peptides from β2-microglobulin - Insights into the mechanism of fibril formation in vitro

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 249-257

  Jones, Susan ^a   Manning, James ^a   Kad, Neil M ^a,b   Radford, Sheena E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid like fibrils; Haemodialysis related amyloidosis; Lag phase; Peptides; 2 microglobulin

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IONIC STRENGTH; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0037227173     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01227-5     Document Type: Article

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