Size distribution of amyloid nanofibrils

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2232-2241

  Cabriolu, Raffaela ^a   Kashchiev, Dimo ^b   Auer, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; NANOFIBER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; NANOFIBERS; PARTICLE SIZE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 80455129087     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.09.053     Document Type: Article

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