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Specific Amyloid Binding of Polybasic Peptides In Vivo Is Retained by β-Sheet Conformers but Lost in the Disrupted Coil and All D-Amino Acid Variants.
Molecular imaging and biology - 1 Oct 2017
Wall Jonathan S, Williams Angela, Richey Tina, Stuckey Alan, Wooliver Craig, Christopher Scott J, Donnell Robert, Martin Emily B, Kennel Stephen J
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PURPOSE: The heparin-reactive, helical peptide p5 is an effective amyloid imaging agent in mice with systemic amyloidosis. Analogs of p5 with modified secondary structure characteristics exhibited altered binding to heparin, synthetic amyloid fibrils, and amyloid extracts in vitro. Herein, we further study the effects of peptide helicity and chirality on specific amyloid binding using a mouse model of systemic...
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