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Effect of amino-acid substitutions on Alzheimer's amyloid-beta peptide-glycosaminoglycan interactions.
European journal of biochemistry - 1 Nov 2000
McLaurin J, Fraser P E
Abstract excerpt
One of the major clinical features of Alzheimer's disease is the presence of extracellular amyloid plaques that are associated with glycosaminoglycan-containing proteoglycans. It has been proposed that proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans facilitate amyloid fibril formation and/or stabilize these aggregates. Characterization of proteoglycan-protein interactions has suggested that basic amino acids in a specific...
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