| Description |
1 online resource (192 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Contents; 1. The World of Functional Amyloid; 2. Hagfish Slime Threads; 3. Fungal Fibrils: Application of the Amyloid Polymer Structure by Fungi; 4. Silkmoth Chorion: A Natural Protective Amyloid; 5. Spider Silk; 6. Yeast Prions: Their Assembly into Protein Fibrils and the Role of Assembly Modulators; 7. Curli Extracellular Matrix; 8. Amyloid-Based Natural Adhesives and Cements; 9. Mammalian Functional Amyloid; 10. Unfolding the Future |
| Summary |
Amyloid fibrils are known for their association with many devastating human diseases, but non-pathogenic amyloid with surprisingly useful roles have been recently identified in a wide range of organisms in nature. This is the first book that provides the latest and most comprehensive information on functional amyloid in a single volume. Chapters cover the importance of amyloid fibrils in fungi, bacteria, algae, invertebrate and vertebrate animals, for providing environmental protection, structural integrity and regulating biochemical processes. The exploitation of functional amyloid as a stron |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Amyloid.
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Protein folding.
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Amyloid
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Protein folding
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789814267625 |
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9814267627 |
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