Role for the α-helix in aberrant protein aggregation

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 149-156

  Kunjithapatham, Rani ^a   Oliva, Fabiana Y ^a   Doshi, Urmi ^a   Pérez, Mar ^b   Ávila, Jesus ^b   Muñoz, Victor ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DISEASE CONTROL; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

COILED COILS; HELIX STRUCTURE; PROTEIN AGGREGATES; UNFOLDED PROTEINS;

PROTEINS;

TAU PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BINDING SITES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 11844262626     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048564t     Document Type: Article

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