Interference of low-molecular substances with the thioflavin-T fluorescence assay of amyloid fibrils

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-64

  Noormägi, Andra ^a,b   Primar, Kateryna ^a   Tõugu, Vello ^a   Palumaa, Peep ^a,b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b Competence Center on Reproductive Medicine and Biology ^*  (Estonia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Amyloid; Fibrillization; Fluorescence; Insulin

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; ASCORBIC ACID; AZURE C; BASIC BLUE 12; BASIC BLUE 41; FLUORESCENT DYE; IMIDAZOLE; INSULIN; PHENOLPHTHALEIN; RIBOFLAVIN; TANNIN; THIOFLAVINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FIBER; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; AZURE STAINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; INSULIN; KINETICS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TANNINS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84355162816     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.1416     Document Type: Article

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