Inhibition of amyloid peptide fragment Aβ 25-35 fibrillogenesis and toxicity by N-terminal β-amino acid-containing esapeptides: Is taurine moiety essential for in vivo effects?

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-37

  Giordano, Cesare ^a   Sansone, Anna ^a   Masi, Annalisa ^a   Masci, Alessandra ^a   Mosca, Luciana ^a   Chiaraluce, Roberta ^a   Pasquo, Alessandra ^b   Consalvi, Valerio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Sheet breakers; A 25 35; Alzheimer's disease; Circular dichroism; Fibrillogenesis inhibitors; Scanning electron microscopy; Taurine

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[25-35]; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE; TAURINE; THIOFLAVINE;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FIBROGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACIDS; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HUMANS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SUPEROXIDES; TAURINE; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84155164900     PISSN: 17470277     EISSN: 17470285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2011.01259.x     Document Type: Article

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