Selection of aptamers for amyloid β-protein, the causative agent of alzheimer's disease

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 39, 2010, Pages

  Rahimi, Farid ^a   Bitan, Gal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibrils; amyloid protein; Aptamer; Cellular Biology; Issue 39; JoVE Neuroscience; Oligomer; Protein assembly; RNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055107642     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1955     Document Type: Article

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