Thioflavin T and its photoirradiative derivatives: Exploring their spectroscopic properties in the absence and presence of amyloid fibrils

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 3459-3468

  Hsu, Jack C C ^a   Chen, Eric H L ^a   Snoeberger, Robert C ^b   Luh, Frederick Y ^a   Lim, T S ^c   Hsu, C P ^b   Chen, Rita P Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEINS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

AMYLOID FIBRIL; AMYLOIDOGENESIS; EMISSION PEAKS; LAG-TIME; MONOMERIC FORMS; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTY; THIOFLAVIN T; UV IRRADIATION;

OXIDATION;

EID: 84875795083     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp309331u     Document Type: Article

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