Amyloid oligomers: Spectroscopic characterization of amyloidogenic protein states

FEBS Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1380-1388

  Lindgren, Mikael ^a   Hammarström, Per ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amyloid proteins; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Oligomeric amyloid state; Prefibrillar intermediate state; Real time detection

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 8 NAPHTHALENESULFONATE; 4 (DICYANOVINYL)JULOLIDINE; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN C2; DYE; INSULIN; OLIGOMER; PREALBUMIN; PRION PROTEIN; THIOFLAVINE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANISOTROPY; BINDING AFFINITY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULAR SIZE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SHORT SURVEY; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77749308383     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07571.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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