On the binding of Thioflavin-T to HET-s amyloid fibrils assembled at pH 2

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 387-396

  Sabaté, Raimon ^a   Lascu, Ioan ^a   Saupe, Sven J ^a  

^a Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Dye binding; HET s; Podospora anserina; Prion; Thioflavin T

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; INSULIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN HET S; THIOFLAVINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONDUCTANCE; FLUORESCENCE; IONIC STRENGTH; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICELLE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY;

AMYLOID; ELECTROSTATICS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSULIN; KINETICS; PODOSPORA; POLYMERS; PRIONS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; THIAZOLES;

HET-S PRION; PODOSPORA ANSERINA;

EID: 44549084117     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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