A short Id2 protein fragment containing the nuclear export signal forms amyloid-like fibrils

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 346, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 182-187

  Colombo, Noemi ^a   Schroeder, Josef ^b   Cabrele, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Institut fuer Pathologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Electron microscopy; Fibrils; Id2 protein; Nuclear export signal; Peptide aggregation

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 2; THIOFLAVINE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOPLASM; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR EXPORT SIGNAL; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

AMYLOID; ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEAR EXPORT SIGNALS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 33744970700     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.05.108     Document Type: Article

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