Mutagenic exploration of the cross-seeding and fibrillation propensity of Alzheimer's β-amyloid peptide variants

Protein Science

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1801-1805

  Peim, Alexander ^a   Hortschansky, Peter ^b   Christopeit, Tony ^a   Schroeckh, Volker ^b   Richter, Walter ^c   Fändrich, Marcus ^a  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Chemische Biologie der Mikroben Wirt Interaktionen   (Germany)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Conformational disease; Neurodegeneration; Prion; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; POLYPEPTIDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CATALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 33745712490     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.062116206     Document Type: Article

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