The Functional Fold

Amyloid Structures in Nature
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-981-4267-40-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Bringing together a wide variety of examples of functional amyloid in a single volume, this book explores the importance of amyloid fibrils in fungi, bacteria, algae, invertebrate, and vertebrate animals for providing environmental protection, structural integrity, and regulating biochemical processes. It highlights many of the extraordinary examples of functional amyloid found to date. It provides an exciting perspective for the study of amyloid deposits as important and useful protein structures widespread in nature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jarvis, Suzi

Mostaert, Anika

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Proteinforschung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Curli Extracellular Matrix (I Cherney); Natural Adhesives (A Mostaert & S Jarvis); Hagfish Slime Threads (D Fudge); Spider Silk (T Scheibel et al.); Fungal Fibrils (M Sunde et al.); Silkmoth Chorion (S Hamodrakas & V Iconomidou); Yeast Prions (R Melki & L Bousset); Mammalian Functional Amyloid (D Fowler et al.); Unfolding the Future (S Jarvis & A Mostaert).