Cryo-electron microscopy structure of an SH3 amyloid fibril and model of the molecular packing

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 815-821

  Jiménez, José L ^a   Guijarro, J Iñaki ^b,c   Orlova, Elena ^d   Zurdo, Jesús ^b   Dobson, Christopher M ^b   Sunde, Margaret ^b,e   Saibil, Helen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibrils; Cryo electron microscopy; Protein misfolding; SH3 domain; Single particle analysis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAINS;

EID: 0042847751     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.4.815     Document Type: Article

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