Thioflavin T fluorescence anisotropy: An alternative technique for the study of amyloid aggregation

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 360, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-138

  Sabaté, Raimon ^a   Saupe, Sven J ^a  

^a Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Anisotropy; Dye binding; Fibril polymerisation; Fibrillogenesis; Kinetic aggregation; Podospora anserina; Prion; Protein aggregation; Thioflavin T

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PRION PROTEIN; THIOFLAVINE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FIBER; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; KINETICS; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION;

AMYLOID; ANISOTROPY; DIMERIZATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; THIAZOLES;

HET-S PRION; PODOSPORA ANSERINA;

EID: 34250890734     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.06.063     Document Type: Article

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