A general model for amyloid fibril assembly based on morphological studies using atomic force microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1135-1144

  Khurana, Ritu ^a,c   Ionescu Zanetti, Cristian ^a   Pope, Maighdlin ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Nielson, Liza ^a   Ramirez Alvarado, Marina ^b   Regan, Lynn ^b   Fink, Anthony L ^a   Carter, Sue A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; INSULIN; PROTEIN G;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FIBER; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0041343061     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74550-0     Document Type: Article

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