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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2022

Challenges in Experimental Methods.

Marlena E Gąsior-Głogowska, Natalia Szulc, Monika Szefczyk

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marlena E Gąsior-GłogowskaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland. marlena.gasior-glogowska@pwr.erdu.pl.
Natalia SzulcDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland.
Monika SzefczykDepartment of Bioorganic Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland.
AGH University of Krakow · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Experimental studies of amyloids encounter many challenges. There are many methods available for studying proteins, which can be applied to amyloids: from basic staining techniques, allowing visualization of fibers, to complex methods, e.g., AFM-IR used to their detailed biochemical and structural characterization in nanoscale. Which method is appropriate depends on the goal of an experiment: verification of aggregational properties of a peptide, distinguishing oligomers from mature fibers, or kinetic studies. Insolubility, rapid aggregation, and the need of using a high-purity peptide may be a limiting factor in studies involving amyloids. Moreover, the results obtained by various experimental methods often differ significantly, which may lead to misclassification of amyloid peptides. Due to ambiguity of experimental results, laborious and time-consuming analysis, bioinformatical methods become more widely used for amyloids.

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AmyloidAmyloidogenic ProteinsKineticsPeptidesAmyloidAmyloidogenic ProteinsPeptidesFibersMicroscopyOligomersSpectroscopyStainingStructural analysisSynthesis

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PMID35167079
OpenAlexW4213243863

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