Phosphate and HEPES buffers potently affect the fibrillation and oligomerization mechanism of Alzheimer's Aβ peptide

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 409, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 385-388

  Garvey, Megan ^a   Tepper, Katharina ^a   Haupt, Caroline ^b   Knüpfer, Uwe ^c   Klement, Karolin ^d   Meinhardt, Jessica ^d   Horn, Uwe ^c   Balbach, Jochen ^b   Fändrich, Marcus ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK RESEARCH UNIT FOR ENZYMOLOGY OF PROTEIN FOLDING   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyloid; A ; Buffer system; Fibrillation and oligomerization

Indexed keywords

4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BUFFER; HISTIDINE; PHOSPHATE; THIOFLAVINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79958200838     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.04.141     Document Type: Article

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