Modeling Amyloid Disease in Drosophila melanogaster

Amyloid diseases are caused by protein misfolding and aggregation. To date there are 27 known proteins causing amyloid disorders involving brain and peripheral protein deposition. The proteins involved in this mechanism do not share sequence homology, but the amyloid fibrils share biophysical proper...

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Main Author: Berg, Ina
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Biokemi 2010
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