Looking Beyond the Core: The Role of Flanking Regions in the Aggregation of Amyloidogenic Peptides and Proteins

Amyloid proteins are involved in many neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease [Tau, Amyloid β (Aβ)], Parkinson’s disease [alpha-synuclein (αSyn)], and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (TDP-43). Driven by the early observation of the presence of ordered structure within amyloid fibrils a...

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Main Authors: Sabine M. Ulamec, David J. Brockwell, Sheena E. Radford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
Tau
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2020.611285/full