Resolving the paradox for protein aggregation diseases: a common mechanism for aggregated proteins to initially attack membranes without needing aggregates [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/221]
Paradoxically, aggregation of specific proteins is characteristic of many human diseases and aging, yet aggregates have been found to be unnecessary for initiating pathogenesis. Here we determined the NMR topology and dynamics of a helical mutant in a membrane environment transformed from the 125-re...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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F1000 Research Ltd
2013-10-01
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Series: | F1000Research |
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Online Access: | http://f1000research.com/articles/2-221/v1 |