Observation of sequence specificity in the seeding of protein amyloid fibrils

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1933-1938

  Krebs, Mark R H ^a,c   Morozova Roche, Ludmilla A ^a,d   Daniel, Katie ^a   Robinson, Carol V ^a,b   Dobson, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Cross seeding; Lysozyme; Seeding; Species barrier

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID PROTEIN; LYSOZYME;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBER; HEN; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEEDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MURAMIDASE; PRION DISEASES; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042675121     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.04707004     Document Type: Article

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