Insights into the disparate action of osmolytes and macromolecular crowders on amyloid formation

Prion

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-31

  Sukenik, Shahar ^a   Harries, Daniel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibrils; Fibril breakage; Macromolecular crowding; Osmolytes; Osmotic pressure; Protein aggregation kinetics; Protein stabilization

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; MACROGOL; MONOMER; SORBITOL;

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBER; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NOTE; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; VISCOSITY;

AMYLOID; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84857220268     PISSN: 19336896     EISSN: 1933690X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/pri.6.1.18132     Document Type: Note

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