From macroscopic measurements to microscopic mechanisms of protein aggregation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 421, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 160-171

  Cohen, Samuel I A ^a,b   Vendruscolo, Michele ^a   Dobson, Christopher M ^a   Knowles, Tuomas P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggregation; amyloid; kinetics; mechanism; nucleation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AMYLOID PROTEIN; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; TUBULIN;

CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; GENE DUPLICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THEORY;

EID: 84863981137     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.02.031     Document Type: Review

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