Alzheimer's Aβ(1-40) amyloid fibrils feature size-dependent mechanical properties

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2053-2062

  Xu, Zhiping ^a   Paparcone, Raffaella ^a   Buehler, Markus J ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Center for Computational Engineering   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; BIOMECHANICS; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 77952750301     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.12.4317     Document Type: Article

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