Nanomechanical properties of single amyloid fibrils

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2012, Pages

  Sweers, K K M ^a   Bennink, M L ^a   Subramaniam, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE PROPERTIES; AFM; ALZHEIMERS DISEASE; AMYLOID FIBRIL; APPLIED FORCES; ATOMIC FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENERIC PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MECHANICAL STUDY; NANO SCALE; NANOBIOMATERIALS; NANOMECHANICAL PROPERTY; NANOMETER LENGTH SCALE; NATURAL ADHESIVES; PARKINSONS DISEASE; POLYMORPHIC BEHAVIOR; TECHNIQUES USED;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PROTEINS;

GLYCOPROTEINS;

AMYLOID;

BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

AMYLOID; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 84861416494     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/24/243101     Document Type: Review

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