Familial Alzheimer's disease mutations alter the stability of the amyloid β-protein monomer folding nucleus

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Amyloid β-protein (Aβ) oligomers may be the proximate neurotoxins in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recently, to elucidate the oligomerization pathway, we studied Aβ monomer folding and identified a decapeptide segment of Aβ.

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