Lipid vesicles trigger α-synuclein aggregation by stimulating primary nucleation

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 229-234

  Galvagnion, Céline ^a   Buell, Alexander K ^a   Meisl, Georg ^a   Michaels, Thomas C T ^a   Vendruscolo, Michele ^a   Knowles, Tuomas P J ^a   Dobson, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE LIPID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPID VESICLE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 84923362547     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1750     Document Type: Article

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