Asymmetric amyloid fibril elongation: A new perspective on a symmetric world

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-98

  Heldt, Caryn L ^a,b   Zhang, Shuqi ^a   Belfort, Georges ^a  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Fluorescent tags; Insulin; Nucleus; Unidirectional growth

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMYLOID; INSULIN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN UNFOLDING;

ALEXA;

EID: 78649796520     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22861     Document Type: Article

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