Multistep Conformation Selection in Amyloid Assembly
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چکیده
Defining pathways for amyloid assembly could impact therapeutic strategies for as many as 50 disease states. Here we show that amyloid assembly is subject to different forces regulating nucleation and propagation steps and provide evidence that the more global β-sheet/β-sheet facial complementarity is a critical determinant for amyloid nucleation and structural selection.
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دوره 139 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017