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Publication – D-polyglutamine amyloid recruits L-polyglutamine monomers and kills cells.

New publication on the surprising features of D-polyQ, in the Journal of Molecular Biology: D-polyglutamine amyloid recruits L-polyglutamine monomers and kills cells. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2013.11.019

Publication – Spinning-rate encoded chemical shift correlations from rotational resonance solid-state NMR experiments

Jun Li’s work on rotational resonance width experiments is published in JMR:

Li, J., & van der Wel, P.C.A. Spinning-rate encoded chemical shift correlations from rotational resonance solid-state NMR experiments. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 2013;230:117-124.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2013.02.004

Publication – β-hairpin-mediated nucleation of polyglutamine amyloid formation

Cody’s collaborative work with the Wetzel group on the structure and formation mechanism of polyglutamine aggregates is published in JMB:

Kar, K., Hoop, C.L., Drombosky, K.W., Baker, M.A., Kodali, R., Arduini, I., van der Wel, P.C.A., Horne, W.S., & Wetzel, R. β-hairpin-mediated nucleation of polyglutamine amyloid formation. J Mol Biol. 2013;425(7):1-45.

See:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2013.01.016