Binding modes of thioflavin T molecules to prion peptide assemblies identified by using scanning tunneling microscopy

ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 281-287

  Mao, Xiaobo ^a   Guo, Yuanyuan ^a   Wang, Chenxuan ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Ma, Xiaojing ^a   Liu, Lei ^a   Niu, Lin ^a   Zeng, Qingdao ^a   Yang, Yanlian ^a   Wang, Chan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

amyloid; binding mode; GNNQQNY; labeling molecule; scanning tunneling microscopy; thioflavin T

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; THIOFLAVINE;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

AMYLOID; BINDING MODE; GNNQQNY; LABELING MOLECULE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; THIOFLAVIN T;

MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; PRIONS; PROTEIN BINDING; THIAZOLES;

EID: 79959249196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cn200006h     Document Type: Article

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