Determination of the oligomer size of amyloidogenic protein β-amyloid(1-40) by single-molecule spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 912-921

  Ding, Hao ^a   Wong, Pamela T ^b   Lee, Edgar L ^b   Gafni, Ari ^a,b   Steel, Duncan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHROMATOPHORE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 68949125204     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.05.035     Document Type: Article

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