Sedimentation velocity analysis of flexible macromolecules: Self-association and tangling of amyloid fibrils

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2562-2569

  MacRaild, Christopher A ^a   Hatters, Danny M ^a,c   Lawrence, Lynne J ^b   Howlett, Geoffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; APOLIPOPROTEIN C2; MONOMER; THIOFLAVINE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DILUTION; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

EID: 0037380769     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75061-9     Document Type: Article

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