Cross-beta Order and Diversity in Nanocrystals of an Amyloid-forming Peptide

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 330, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1165-1175

  Diaz Avalos, Ruben ^a   Long, Chris ^a   Fontano, Eric ^a   Balbirnie, Melinda ^b   Grothe, Robert ^b   Eisenberg, David ^b   Caspar, Donald L D ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloids; Cross beta; Electron diffraction; Powder diffraction; Prions

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; GLYCYLASPARAGINYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLASPARAGINYLTYROSINE; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HYDROPHILICITY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PROTEA;

EID: 0038690113     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00659-4     Document Type: Article

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