Insulin forms amyloid in a strain-dependent manner: An FT-IR spectroscopic study

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1927-1932

  Dzwolak, Wojciech ^a   Smirnovas, Vytautas ^a   Jansen, Ralf ^b   Winter, Roland ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PRESSURE PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Cross seeding; Insulin; Prion strains; Protein aggregation

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; INSULIN AMYLOID; INSULIN DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIBER; GENETIC TRAIT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSULIN METABOLISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; INSULIN; KINETICS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PRIONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 3042665537     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03607204     Document Type: Article

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