'In vitro' amyloid fibril formation from transthyretin: The influence of ions and the amyloidogenicity of TTR variants

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease

Volumn 1316, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-42

  Bonifácio, Maria João ^a   Sakaki, Yoshiuki ^b   Saraiva, Maria João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloid formation; Familial amyloidosis polyneuropathy; Fluorimetric assay; Kinetics study; Sulfate; Transthyretin variant

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PREALBUMIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUTATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN VARIANT; REACTION ANALYSIS; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 16744366300     PISSN: 09254439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-4439(96)00014-2     Document Type: Article

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