Investigating by circular dichroism some amyloidogenic elastin-derived polypeptides

Chirality

Volumn 22, Issue 1 E, 2010, Pages

  Tamburro, Antonio Mario ^a   Lorusso, Marina ^a   Ibris, Neluta ^a   Pepe, Antonietta ^a   Bochicchio, Brigida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

amyloid like; Cotton effect; elastin; peptide; secondary structure

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; ELASTIN; POLYPEPTIDE; THIOFLAVINE; TROPOELASTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXON; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOIDOGENIC PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELASTIN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 78349260062     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: 1520636X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.20869     Document Type: Conference Paper

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