Interactions between a luminescent conjugated polyelectrolyte and amyloid fibrils investigated with flow linear dichroism spectroscopy

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 408, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-119

  Wigenius, Jens ^a   Andersson, Mats R ^a   Esbjörner, Elin K ^b   Westerlund, Fredrik ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibrils; Conjugated polyelectrolytes; Flow LD; Fluorescent probes

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; BIOPOLYMER; LUMINESCENT AGENT; POLYELECTROLYTE; THIOFLAVINE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYLOID; COLORING AGENTS; INSULIN; LUMINESCENCE; POLYAMINES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955455539     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.03.132     Document Type: Article

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