Characterization of amyloidogenesis of hen egg lysozyme in concentrated ethanol solution

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 164-168

  Holley, Mikel ^a   Eginton, Chris ^b   Schaefer, David ^c   Brown, Lesley R ^a  

^a GOUCHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nucleation polymerization kinetics; Protein aggregation; Protein misfolding

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMYLOID; LYSOZYME; THIOFLAVINE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; EGG; FIBER; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; AMYLOID; ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ETHANOL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MURAMIDASE; SOLUTIONS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 45849109925     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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