Conformation Sensors that Distinguish Monomeric Proteins from Oligomers in Live Cells

Yasmin M Ramdzan; Rebecca M Nisbet; Jason Miller; Steven Finkbeiner; Andrew F Hill; Danny M Hatters

Journal article

Conformation Sensors that Distinguish Monomeric Proteins from Oligomers in Live Cells

Yasmin M Ramdzan, Rebecca M Nisbet, Jason Miller, Steven Finkbeiner, Andrew F Hill, Danny M Hatters

CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY | CELL PRESS | Published : 2010

DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.03.011

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Danny Hatters Author Biochemistry and Pharmacology

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Funding Acknowledgements

We thank K. Goldie for performing the electron microscopy experiments. This work was funded by grants to A.F.H. (National Health and Medical Research Council program grant 400202 and Career Development Award [Level 2] 509400) and D.M.H. (National Health and Medical Research Council project grant 566640). D.M.H. is a CR Roper Fellow. S.F. was supported by the National Institutes of Neurological Disease and Stroke (R01 2NS039074 and R01 2NS045191), the CHDI Foundation, and the Taube-Koret Center for Huntington's Disease Research, J.M. is supported by a predoctoral fellowship from the Hillbloom Foundation as well as the NIH-NIGMS UCSF Medical Scientist Training Program.