Assembly of Aβ proceeds via monomeric nuclei

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 427, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 287-290

  Ferrone, Frank A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Lag time; Nucleation; Polymerization; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; DIMER; MONOMER; POLYGLUTAMINE; POLYMER; MACROMOLECULE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN AGGREGATE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIMERIZATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NUCLEAR SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STABILITY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; CELL NUCLEUS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN AGGREGATES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 84920773998     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.10.028     Document Type: Article

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