Ligand binding to distinct states diverts aggregation of an amyloid-forming protein.

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Published in Nat Chem Biol on August 28, 2011

Authors

Lucy A Woods1, Geoffrey W Platt, Andrew L Hellewell, Eric W Hewitt, Steve W Homans, Alison E Ashcroft, Sheena E Radford

Author Affiliations

1: Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology and Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.

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