On the characterization of intermediates in the isodesmic aggregation pathway of hen lysozyme at alkaline pH.

Protein aggregation leading to formation of amyloid fibrils is a symptom of several diseases like Alzheimer's, type 2 diabetes and so on. Elucidating the poorly understood mechanism of such phenomena entails the difficult task of characterizing the species involved at each of the multiple steps...

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Main Authors: Vijay Kumar Ravi, Tulsi Swain, Nividh Chandra, Rajaram Swaminathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3904990?pdf=render