A pentameric luminescent-conjugated oligothiophene for optical imaging of in vitro-formed amyloid fibrils and protein aggregates in tissue sections

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 849, Issue , 2012, Pages 425-434

  Nilsson, K Peter R ^a   Lindgren, Mikael ^a   Hammarström, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Luminescent conjugated oligothiophenes; Optical imaging; Protein aggregates

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; LUMINESCENT CONJUGATED OLIGOTHIOPHENE; LUMINESCENT CONJUGATED POLYTHIOPHENE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN (1 42); AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN (1-42); FORMALDEHYDE; INSULIN; LUMINESCENT AGENT; PARAFFIN; PENTAMER FORMYL THIOPHENE ACETIC ACID; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; POLYMER; POLYTHIOPHENE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BATH; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BRAIN TISSUE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TISSUE SECTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TISSUE FIXATION;

ACETIC ACIDS; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATTLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; INSULIN; KINETICS; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; MICE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POLYMERS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THIOPHENES; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84864622893     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-551-0_29     Document Type: Article

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