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Why are Functional Amyloids Non-Toxic in Humans?

Matthew P Jackson1, Eric W Hewitt2

  • 1School of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. m.p.jackson@leeds.ac.uk.

Biomolecules
|September 23, 2017
PubMed
Summary

Cells can produce functional amyloids, which are protein aggregates, without harm. Understanding how cells manage amyloid formation offers insights into preventing toxic amyloid diseases.

Keywords:
amyloidsfibrilfunctional amyloidoligomerstoxicity

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