Structural characterization of polyglutamine fibrils by solid-state NMR spectroscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 412, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-136

  Schneider, Robert ^a,d   Schumacher, Miria C ^b   Mueller, Henrik ^a,e,f   Nand, Deepak ^c   Klaukien, Volker ^a   Heise, Henrike ^a,e,f   Riedel, Dietmar ^a   Wolf, Gerhard ^a   Behrmann, Elmar ^b   Raunser, Stefan ^b   Seidel, Ralf ^b   Engelhard, Martin ^b   Baldus, Marc ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

aggregation; amyloid fibrils; Huntington's disease; polyglutamine; solid state NMR

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; POLYGLUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION;

EID: 84860389575     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.06.045     Document Type: Article

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