Mechanism of amyloid β−protein dimerization determined using single−molecule AFM force spectroscopy

Aβ42 and Aβ40 are the two primary alloforms of human amyloid β−protein (Aβ). The two additional C−terminal residues of Aβ42 result in elevated neurotoxicity compared with Aβ40, but the molecular mechanism underlying this effect remains unclear. Here, we used single−molecule force microscopy to chara...

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Main Authors: Lv, Zhengjian, Roychaudhuri, Robin, Condron, Margaret M., Teplow, David B., Lyubchenko, Yuri L.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3791449/