Optical Trapping with High Forces Reveals Unexpected Behaviors of Prion Fibrils

Amyloid fibrils are important in diverse cellular functions, feature in many human diseases and have potential applications in nanotechnology. Here we describe methods that combine optical trapping and fluorescent imaging to characterize the forces that govern the integrity of amyloid fibrils formed...

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Main Authors: Dong, Jijun, Castro, Carlos E., Boyce, Mary Cunningham, Lang, Matthew J., Lindquist, Susan
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74086
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4614-251X
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1307-882X
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2193-377X