Common features at the start of the neurodegeneration cascade

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Hervás, Rubén ^a,b   Oroz, Javier ^a,b   Galera Prat, Albert ^a,b   Goñi, Oscar ^a,b   Valbuena, Alejandro ^a,b   Vera, Andrés M ^a,b   Gómez Sicilia, Àngel ^a,b   Losada Urzáiz, Fernando ^a,b   Uversky, Vladimir N ^c,d   Menéndez, Margarita ^e   Laurents, Douglas V ^e   Bruix, Marta ^e   Carrión Vázquez, Mariano ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MADRILEÑO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN NANOCIENCIA IMDEA NANOCIENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

^e INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; MONOMER; MUTANT PROTEIN; NEUROTOXIC PROTEIN; NEUROTOXIN; POLYGLUTAMINE; PROTEIN SUP35NM; SYNAPTOBREVIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMYLOID PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; POLYPROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SNCA PROTEIN, HUMAN; SUP35 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR; VAMP2 PROTEIN, RAT;

AMYLOIDOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPECTROSCOPY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; PLASMID; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; RAT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOIDOGENIC PROTEINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROTOXINS; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PLASMIDS; POLYPROTEINS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; RATS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; VESICLE-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 2;

EID: 84856698027     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001335     Document Type: Article

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