Apomyoglobin reveals a random-nucleation mechanism in amyloid protofibril formation

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-219

  Fändrich, Marcus ^a   Zandomeneghi, Giorgia ^a   Krebs, Mark R H ^b   Kittler, Marlis ^a   Buder, Katrin ^a   Roßner, Angela ^c   Heinemann, Stefan H ^c   Dobson, Christopher M ^d   Diekmann, Stephan ^a  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Amyloid; Apomyoglobin; Protein folding; Protofibrils

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; AGGLOMERATION; CONFORMATIONS; NUCLEATION; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS;

AMYLOIDS; APOMYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTOFIBRILS;

CELLS;

AMYLOID PROTOFIBRIL; APOMYOGLOBIN; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 33745825203     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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