Mimicking cross-α amyloids
August 17th, 2018 by Meytal Landau
Mimicking cross-α amyloids
Mimicking cross-α amyloids, Published online: 17 August 2018; doi:10.1038/s41589-018-0118-0
The design of spiraling cross-α amyloid-like structures reveals fascinating supermolecular fibrils of diverse compactness and stability. The small sequence variations governing cross-α self-assembly properties concur with amyloids being basic building blocks of life and natural targets for microbial structural mimicry.