Assembly of amyloid protofibrils via critical oligomers - A novel pathway of amyloid formation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-148

  Modler, A J ^a,b   Gast, K ^b   Lutsch, G ^b   Damaschun, G ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Colloid; Diffusion collision; Misfolding; Non native structure

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TIME;

EID: 0037255361     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01175-0     Document Type: Article

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