Transthyretin forms amyloid fibrils at physiological pH with ultrasonication

Amyloid

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 234-239

  Misumi, Yohei ^a   Ueda, Mitsuharu ^a   Fujimori, Hiromi ^a   Shinriki, Satoru ^a   Meng, Wei ^a   Kim, Jaemi ^a   Saito, Shiori ^a   Obayashi, Konen ^a   Uchino, Makoto ^a   Ando, Yukio ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibrils; Amyloidosis; Physiological pH; Transthyretin; Ultrasonication

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PREALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DISSOCIATION; HUMAN; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ULTRASOUND; WILD TYPE;

AMYLOID; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SONICATION;

EID: 57449100928     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: 17442818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506120802524684     Document Type: Article

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