Issue 20, 2014
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Chemical Communications

An amyloid inhibitor octapeptide forms amyloid type fibrous aggregates and affects microtubule motility†‡

Atanu Biswas,a   Prashant Kurkute,§a   Batakrishna Jana,a   Aparna Laskara  and  Surajit Ghosh*a  

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Abstract

An amyloid inhibitor octapeptide simultaneously forms amyloid type fibrous aggregates on its own and interacts with the microtubule lattice three times stronger than a Xenopus Microtubule Associated Protein (XMAP215).

Graphical abstract: An amyloid inhibitor octapeptide forms amyloid type fibrous aggregates and affects microtubule motility

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC49396B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Dec 2013
Accepted
09 Jan 2014
First published
17 Jan 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2604-2607

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An amyloid inhibitor octapeptide forms amyloid type fibrous aggregates and affects microtubule motility

A. Biswas, P. Kurkute, B. Jana, A. Laskar and S. Ghosh, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 2604 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49396B

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