Interplay of α-synuclein binding and conformational switching probed by single-molecule fluorescence

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5645-5650

  Ferreon, Allan Chris M ^a   Gambin, Yann ^a   Lemke, Edward A ^a   Deniz, Ashok A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Misfolding; Parkinson's disease; Protein folding supramolecular

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMPHOPHILE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIPID MEMBRANE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIPID BILAYERS; MICELLES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

EID: 65249185574     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809232106     Document Type: Article

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