Single-molecule force spectroscopy of chimeric polyprotein constructs containing intrinsically disordered domains

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 896, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-56

  Brucale, Marco ^a   Tessari, Isabella ^b   Bubacco, Luigi ^b   Samorì, Bruno ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha Synuclein; Amyloidogenesis; Conformational equilibria; Force spectroscopy; Neurodegenerative diseases; Proteopathies; Single molecule

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84865335566     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3704-8_3     Document Type: Article

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