Study of amyloid fibrils via atomic force microscopy

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 369-376

  Adamcik, Jozef ^a   Mezzenga, Raffaele ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibrils; Atomic force microscopy; Mechanical properties; Persistence length; Protein fibrils; Rigidity; Stiffness; Strength; Structure; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID FIBRIL; PERSISTENCE LENGTH; PROTEIN FIBRILS; STRENGTH; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTIC MODULI; GLYCOPROTEINS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RIGIDITY; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

PROTEINS;

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID; BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; INSULIN; LYSOZYME; MACROGOL; OVALBUMIN; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TAU PROTEIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALIBRATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN BOND; INSULIN BINDING; LASER; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PERIODICITY; PH; REVIEW; SHEAR STRENGTH; TIME; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84870672404     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: 18790399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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