Preparation of α-synuclein fibrils for solid-state NMR: Expression, purification, and incubation of wild-type and mutant forms

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-117

  Kloepper, Kathryn D ^a   Woods, Wendy S ^b   Winter, Kem A ^a   George, Julia M ^a,b   Rienstra, Chad M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrillation; Isotopic labeling; Magic angle spinning; Neurodegenerative disease; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; CARBON ISOTOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MUTATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33646878753     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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