An Auto-Catalytic Surface for Conformational Replication of Amyloid Fibrils-Genesis of an Amyloid World?

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 373-383

  Hammarström, Per ^a   Ali, Malik M ^a   Mishra, Rajesh ^a   Salagic, Belma ^a   Svensson, Samuel ^b   Tengvall, Pentti ^a   Lundström, Ingemar ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Molecular replication; Origin of life; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; GLASS; INSULIN; SILICON;

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; CATALYSIS; EARLY EARTH; HORMONE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUCLEATION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PEPTIDE; PH; PROTEIN; REACTION KINETICS; SILICON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATTLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STAINING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMYLOID; ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; CATTLE; FLUORESCENCE; GLASS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; INSULIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SILICON; SOLUTIONS; STAINING AND LABELING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79960172699     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-010-9230-1     Document Type: Article

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