Good Amyloid, Bad Amyloid—What’s the Difference?

Why do some amyloids cause serious neurodegenerative diseases, while others have important biological functions? A new study of the functional amyloid Orb2 suggests that it's all about speed. Read the Research Article.

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Autor principal: Roberts, Roland G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4727909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26812219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002362
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spelling pubmed-47279092016-02-03 Good Amyloid, Bad Amyloid—What’s the Difference? Roberts, Roland G. PLoS Biol Synopsis Why do some amyloids cause serious neurodegenerative diseases, while others have important biological functions? A new study of the functional amyloid Orb2 suggests that it's all about speed. Read the Research Article. Public Library of Science 2016-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4727909/ /pubmed/26812219 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002362 Text en © 2016 Roland G. Roberts http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4727909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26812219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002362
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