Study of the disassembly-assembly process of α-synuclein fibrils by in situ atomic force microscopy

Micron

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 675-679

  Tang, Lin ^a   Li, Hong Tao ^b   Du, Hai Ning ^b   Zhang, Feng ^a   Hu, Xiao Fang ^c   Hu, Hong Yu ^b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Synuclein; Assembly; Disassembly; In situ atomic force microscopy (AFM); Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MICA; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROTEINS;

ALPHA;-SYNUCLEIN; DISASSEMBLY; IN SITU ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (AFM); PARKINSON'S DISEASE;

CELL MEMBRANES;

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

EID: 33745812010     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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