Atomic force microscopy of ex vivo amyloid fibrils

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 736, Issue , 2011, Pages 81-95

  Canale, Claudio ^a   Relini, Annalisa ^b   Gliozzi, Alessandra ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AFM; Aggregation; Amyloid; Fibrillogenesis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; COLLAGEN; LEUCINE; SERINE; ALUMINUM SILICATE; APOLIPOPROTEIN; MICA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLAGEN FIBER; EX VIVO STUDY; FIBRIL; HUMAN; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; AMYLOID; APOLIPOPROTEINS; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 80054835218     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-105-5_6     Document Type: Chapter

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