Abstract:
:A major protein AA amyloid protein was purified and characterised from a Papua New Guinnean individual. This AA protein differed from all previously characterised SAA variants by the combination of Ala52, Val57, Asn60, Phe68, Phe69 and Gly72. Since the prevalence of AA-amyloidosis is unusually high in Papua New Guinea this AAdelta must originate from a novel SAAdelta which may represent a particularly amyloidogenic variant.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Westermark P,Sletten K,Westermark GT,Raynes J,McAdam KPdoi
10.1006/bbrc.1996.0892subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-06-14 00:00:00pages
320-3issue
2eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(96)90892-Xjournal_volume
223pub_type
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