The air-water interface determines the outcome of seeding during amyloidogenesis.
Amyloid formation is a hallmark of protein misfolding diseases (e.g. Type II diabetes mellitus). The energetically unfavourable nucleation step of amyloidogenesis can be accelerated by seeding, during which pre-formed aggregates act as templates for monomer recruitment. Hydrophobic-hydrophilic inter...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2013
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