Optical trapping with high forces reveals unexpected behaviors of prion fibrils

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1422-1430

  Dong, Jijun ^a   Castro, Carlos E ^b   Boyce, Mary C ^b   Lang, Matthew J ^b,d   Lindquist, Susan ^a,c  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FIBER; FLUORESCENCE; FORCE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RUPTURE;

AMYLOID; BIOMECHANICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PRIONS; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 78649824640     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1954     Document Type: Article

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