ABri peptide associated with familial British dementia forms annular and ring-like protofibrillar structures

Amyloid

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-13

  Srinivasan, Rekha ^a   Marchant, Roger E ^b   Zagorski, Michael G ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Atomic force microscopy; Familial British dementia; Protofibril

Indexed keywords

ABRI PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEMENTIA; FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEPTIDES; SENILE PLAQUES; SYNUCLEINS;

EID: 2542483823     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506120410001667872     Document Type: Article

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