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ReviewArchives of biochemistry and biophysics2008

Folding versus aggregation: polypeptide conformations on competing pathways.

Thomas R Jahn, Sheena E Radford

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Review in Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 150 papers.

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150citing papers in PubMed
8.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

150 citing papers in PubMed, 438 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. In the flow, how fluid dynamics shapes amyloid formation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  13. Identification of the interfacial regions in misfolded transthyretin oligomers.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Proteins and proteomics · 2024
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  18. A FRET-Based Assay for the Identification of PCNA Inhibitors.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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90 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas R JahnAstbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Mount Preston Street, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
Sheena E Radford
University of Leeds · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein aggregation has now become recognised as an important and generic aspect of protein energy landscapes. Since the discovery that numerous human diseases are caused by protein aggregation, the biophysical characterisation of misfolded states and their aggregation mechanisms has received increased attention. Utilising experimental techniques and computational approaches established for the analysis of protein folding reactions has ensured rapid advances in the study of pathways leading to amyloid fibrils and amyloid-related aggregates. Here we describe recent experimental and theoretical advances in the elucidation of the conformational properties of dynamic, heterogeneous and/or insoluble protein ensembles populated on complex, multidimensional protein energy landscapes. We discuss current understanding of aggregation mechanisms in this context and describe how the synergy between biochemical, biophysical and cell-biological experiments are beginning to provide detailed insights into the partitioning of non-native species between protein folding and aggregation pathways.

Indexed as

Protein FoldingAmyloidProtein ConformationAmyloid

Identifiers

PMID17588526
PMCPMC2706318
OpenAlexW2014875724

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