アミロイドベータタンパク質:アベタ42とそのプロ19アロフォームの単体構造と初期の結合状態

Summer L Bernstein1, Thomas Wyttenbach, Andrij Baumketner

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9501, USA.

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溶解性アミロイドベータタンパク質 (Abeta) オリゴーマーがアルツハイマー病 (AD) に関わっている. この研究では,Abeta42とその変種であるPro19を分析するために質量スペクトロメトリーを用いて,ADの病原性に関連した異なる集積経路とオリゴメリック種を明らかにしました.

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