Structures of amyloid fibrils formed by the prion protein derived peptides PrP(244-249) and PrP(245-250)

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 290-302

  Yau, Jason ^a,b   Sharpe, Simon ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibril; Peptide assembly; Peptide structure; Solid state nuclear magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PRION PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN[244-249]; PRION PROTEIN[245-250]; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID; HYDROGEN BONDING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PRIONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

MAMMALIAN PRION;

EID: 84867910828     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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