Nanomechanical properties of human prion protein amyloid as probed by force spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2909-2915

  Ganchev, Dragomir N ^a   Cobb, Nathan J ^a   Surewicz, Krystyna ^a   Surewicz, Witold K ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PRION PROTEIN (90 231); PRION PROTEIN (90-231);

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; PRION; PRION DISEASE;

ADSORPTION; AMYLOID; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PEPTIDES; POINT MUTATION; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS;

EID: 55549146133     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.133108     Document Type: Article

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