Exceptional rigidity and biomechanics of amyloid revealed by 4D electron microscopy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 27, 2013, Pages 10976-10981

  Fitzpatrick, Anthony W P ^a   Park, Sang Tae ^a   Zewail, Ahmed H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross structure; Microcantilever; Nanomechanics

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

CROSS-Β STRUCTURE; MICROCANTILEVER; NANOMECHANICS;

AMYLOID; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 84879710623     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1309690110     Document Type: Article

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