Protein misfolding, functional amyloid, and human disease.

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Summary

The relative importance of the common main-chain and side-chain interactions in determining the propensities of proteins to aggregate is discussed and some of the evidence that the oligomeric fibril precursors are the primary origins of pathological behavior is described.

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review
Published
2006-06-06
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Keywords

Amyloid fibril, Protein aggregation, Amyloid (mycology), Fibril, Protein folding

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