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Familial Alzheimer A2 V mutation reduces the intrinsic disorder and completely changes the free energy landscape of the Aβ1-28 monomer.
The journal of physical chemistry. B - 16 Jan 2014
Nguyen Phuong H, Tarus Bogdan, Derreumaux Philippe
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The self-assembly of the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide of 39-43 amino acids into senile plaques is one hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. While A2 V carriers remain healthy in the heterozygous state, they suffer from early onset AD in the homozygous state. As a first toward understanding th...
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