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SUBMITTER: Shewmaker F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3089495 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shewmaker Frank F McGlinchey Ryan P RP Wickner Reed B RB
The Journal of biological chemistry 20110325 19
Amyloid is traditionally viewed as a consequence of protein misfolding and aggregation and is most notorious for its association with debilitating and chronic human diseases. However, a growing list of examples of "functional amyloid" challenges this bad reputation and indicates that many organisms can employ the biophysical properties of amyloid for their benefit. Because of developments in the structural studies of amyloid, a clearer picture is emerging about what defines amyloid structure and ...[more]