Modulation of beta-amyloid aggregation by engineering the sequence connecting beta-strand forming domains.

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Aggregation of beta-amyloid (Aβ) into oligomers and fibrils is associated with the pathology of Alzheimer's disease. The major structural characteristics of Aβ fibrils include the presence of β sheet-loop-β sheet conformations. Several lines of study suggested a potentially important role of the Aβ loop forming sequence (referred to as the Aβ linker region) in Aβ aggregation. Effects of mutations in several...

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