The effect of small molecules in modulating the chaperone activity of αB-crystallin against ordered and disordered protein aggregation

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 935-947

  Ecroyd, Heath ^a   Carver, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

B crystallin; Amyloid fibril; Arginine; Protein aggregation; Small heat shock protein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID; ARGININE; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CATALASE; CHAPERONE; GUANIDINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; INSULIN; LYSINE;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CASEINS; CATTLE; CYTOPROTECTION; GUANIDINE; HEAT; HUMANS; INSULIN; LACTALBUMIN; MUTATION; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 38949124389     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06257.x     Document Type: Article

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