Physical properties of polymorphic yeast prion amyloid fibers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 439-448

  Castro, Carlos E ^a,b   Dong, Jijun ^c   Boyce, Mary C ^a   Lindquist, Susan ^c,d   Lang, Matthew J ^a,e  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; FLUORESCENT DYE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL TORSION; METABOLISM; PRION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

AMYLOID; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTIC MODULUS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PRIONS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE; TORSION, MECHANICAL;

EID: 80052469813     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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