Protein aggregation: Mechanisms and functional consequences

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1541-1554

  Invernizzi, Gaetano ^a   Papaleo, Elena ^a,b   Sabate, Raimon ^b,c   Ventura, Salvador ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibrils; Conformational disorders; Functional amyloids; Molecular dynamics; Protein aggregation; Protein misfolding

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLIN; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; ATAXIN 1; ATAXIN 2; ATAXIN 3; ATAXIN 6; ATAXIN 7; ATROPHIN 1; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; GELSOLIN; HUNTINGTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; LYSOZYME; POLYGLUTAMINE; PREALBUMIN; PRION PROTEIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOINFORMATICS; CYTOTOXICITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DIALYSIS RELATED AMYLOIDOSIS; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FAMILIAL HYPOALPHALIPOPROTEINEMIA; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENETIC DISORDER; HEREDITARY GELSOLIN AMYLOIDOSIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; KENNEDY DISEASE; LIGHT CHAIN DEPOSITION DISEASE; LYSOZYME AMYLOIDOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PICK PRESENILE DEMENTIA; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MISFOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

AMYLOID; ANIMALS; DISEASE; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 84863479475     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: 18785875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2012.05.023     Document Type: Review

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