Quantitative analysis of spin exchange interactions to identify β strand and turn regions in Ure2 prion domain fibrils with site-directed spin labeling

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 374-381

  Ngo, Sam ^a   Chiang, Vicky ^a   Guo, Zhefeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid structure; Electron paramagnetic resonance; EPR; Protein aggregation; Yeast prion

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PRION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URE2 PRION;

ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLUBILIZATION; SPIN LABELING;

AMYLOID; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIONS; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 84867907670     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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