Sonication of proteins causes formation of aggregates that resemble amyloid

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3017-3027

  Stathopulos, Peter B ^a   Scholz, Guenter A ^a   Hwang, Young Mi ^a   Rumfeldt, Jessica A O ^a   Lepock, James R ^b   Meiering, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

structure; Amyloid; Fibrils; Protein aggregation; Protein conformational disorder; Protein misfolding; Sonication; Ultrasound radiation

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; CONGO RED; PROTEIN; THIOFLAVINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIREFRINGENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ULTRASOUND;

AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMALS; DIMERIZATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEINS; SONICATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 7244256224     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.04831804     Document Type: Article

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