Progression of AB42 to a Toxic Dodecamer (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

Progression of AB42 to a Toxic Dodecamer

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This illustrates the progression of AB42 to a toxic dodecamer, or, "twelve-mer" aggregation, (blue -- above). Below, the AB40 oligomer only becomes a nontoxic tetramer aggregation.

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