Functional Amyloid Formation within Mammalian Tissue.
Amyloid is a generally insoluble, fibrous cross-beta sheet protein aggregate. The process of amyloidogenesis is associated with a variety of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer, Parkinson, and Huntington disease. We report the discovery of an unprecedented functional mammalian amyloid str...
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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2005-11-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040006 |