Molecular insights into the reversible formation of tau protein fibrils.

Chem Commun (Camb)

State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China.

Published: May 2013

We computationally and experimentally showed that tau protein fibrils can be formed at high temperature. When cooled, the fibrils dissociate back to monomers. Heparin promotes tau fibril formation and prevents its reversion. Our results revealed the physicochemical mechanism of reversible formation of tau fibrils.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637047PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3cc00241aDOI Listing

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