The emerging concept of functional amyloid

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 265, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-334

  Maury, C P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

sheet aggregates; Amyloidosis; Functional amyloid; Prions; Protein conformation; Protein based inheritance

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CHAPLIN; CSGA PROTEIN; CSGB PROTEIN; CURLI PROTEIN; CYTOPLASMIC POLYADENYLATION ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MELANIN; POLYAMINE; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; APLYSIA; BACTERIUM; BETA SHEET; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL INVASION; CELL PROTECTION; CYTOLOGY; EPIGENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOSTASIS; HETEROKARYON; INFECTION; LEPIDOPTERA; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAMMAL; MELANOGENESIS; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STREPTOMYCES; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNAPSE;

AMYLOID; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; FUNGI; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 60349097590     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2008.02068.x     Document Type: Review

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