SDS can be utilized as an amyloid inducer: a case study on diverse proteins.

Sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), an anionic surfactant that mimics some characteristics of biological membrane has also been found to induce aggregation in proteins. The present study was carried out on 25 diverse proteins using circular dichroism, fluorescence spectroscopy, dye binding assay and elec...

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Main Authors: Javed Masood Khan, Atiyatul Qadeer, Sumit Kumar Chaturvedi, Ejaz Ahmad, Syed Arif Abdul Rehman, Samudrala Gourinath, Rizwan Hasan Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3257246?pdf=render