Experimental and Computational Protocols for Studies of Cross-Seeding Amyloid Assemblies

Baiping Ren1, Rundong Hu1, Mingzhen Zhang1

  • 1Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA.

Summary

Alzheimer's and type 2 diabetes share links through protein interactions. This study provides methods to investigate how amyloid-beta and human islet amyloid polypeptide mixtures form aggregates and interact.

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