Structures and interactions in 'bottlebrush' neurofilaments: The role of charged disordered proteins in forming hydrogel networks

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1027-1031

  Beck, Roy ^a   Deek, Joanna ^b   Safinya, Cyrus R ^b,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Santa Barbara   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Intrinsically disordered protein; Neurofilament; Polyampholyte interactions; Small angle X ray scattering (SAXS)

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW;

HYDROGEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

CALLISTEMON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84866714885     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20120101     Document Type: Review

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