Recent progress in understanding Alzheimer's β-amyloid structures

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 338-345

  Fändrich, Marcus ^a   Schmidt, Matthias ^a,b   Grigorieff, Nikolaus ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BETA SHEET; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 79958058969     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: 09680004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2011.02.002     Document Type: Review

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