Amyloids: Friend or foe?

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 407-419

  Hammer, Neal D ^b   Wang, Xuan ^a   McGuffie, Bryan A ^a   Chapman, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPLIN; CURLI PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HARPIN; MICROCIN E492; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN CSGA; PROTEIN PMEL17; PROTEIN SUP35P; PROTEIN URE2P; PROTEINASE K;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOGENESIS; BETA SHEET; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 44949181936     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2008-13406     Document Type: Review

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