Researchers develop method to identify fleetingly ordered structures from intrinsically disordered protein
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 17:00
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have developed a novel technique to observe previously unknown details of how folded structures are formed from an intrinsically disordered protein. The insights could help scientists to better understand the mechanism of plaque formation in neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.