Convenient method for monitoring Aβ aggregation by quartz-crystal microbalance

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 273-275

  Okuno, Hiroaki ^a   Mori, Kanae ^a   Jitsukawa, Tomofumi ^b   Inoue, Hiromi ^b   Chiba, Shinya ^b  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Initium Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid protein; Quartz crystal microbalance

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; LYSYLLEUCYLVALYLPHENYLALANYLPHENYLALANINE; PENTAPEPTIDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE; SENSOR;

ADSORPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; METHODS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; QUARTZ;

EID: 33845546720     PISSN: 17470277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2006.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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