Structural insights into Aβ42 oligomers using site-directed spin labeling

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 18673-18683

  Gu, Lei ^a   Liu, Cong ^b   Guo, Zhefeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C-TERMINAL REGIONS; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GLOBULAR STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BONDING NETWORK; INTERMOLECULAR DISTANCE; SITE-DIRECTED SPIN LABELING; STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS; STRUCTURAL STUDIES;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BONDS; PARAMAGNETISM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

OLIGOMERS;

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; GLOBULOMER; GLYCINE; OLIGOMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL LABELING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN BOND; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED SPIN LABELING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; EPR; ESR; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN MISFOLDING; PROTEIN SELF-ASSEMBLY; SPIN LABELING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PC12 CELLS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RATS; SPIN LABELS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84879588570     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.457739     Document Type: Article

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