Probing Alzheimer amyloid peptide aggregation using a cell-free fluorescent protein refolding method

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 631-639

  Arslan, Pharhad Eli ^a   Chakrabartty, Avijit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid peptide; Drug screenin; Fluorescence protein folding; Protein aggregation

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; AMYLOID PEPTIDE; DRUG SCREENIN; FLUORESCENCE PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN AGGREGATION;

AMINES; CELL MEMBRANES; FLUORESCENCE; GLYCOPROTEINS; OLIGOMERS; ZINC;

PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; COPPER ION; HYBRID PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ZINC ION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IC 50; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COPPER; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR PROBES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; ZINC;

EID: 68049112197     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O09-038     Document Type: Article

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