Detection of populations of amyloid-like protofibrils with different physical properties

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1277-1284

  Relini, Annalisa ^a,c,d   Torrassa, Silvia ^a   Ferrando, Riccardo ^a   Rolandi, Ranieri ^a   Campioni, Silvia ^b   Chiti, Fabrizio ^b,c   Gliozzi, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Consorzio Interuniversitario Lstituto Nazionale Biostrutture e Biosistemi ^*  (Italy)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; ION; MALEIMIDE; MALEIMIDE DERIVATIVE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUTATION; PH; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

AMYLOID; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; MALEIMIDES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; PRESSURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PYRENES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77950643588     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.11.052     Document Type: Article

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