Distinguishing the cross-β spine arrangements in amyloid fibrils using FRET analysis

Protein Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1102-1105

  Deng, Wei ^a   Cao, Aoneng ^a   Lai, Luhua ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibril; Classification; Cross ; FRET; Structure elucidation

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FIBER; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AMYLOID; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 44349091002     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.083475108     Document Type: Article

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