title: The fluorescent amino acid p-cyanophenylalanine provides an intrinsic probe of amyloid formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, USA.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marek
authors.forename: Ruchi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Daniel P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Raleigh
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000682:Amyloid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D052160:Benzothiazoles; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D005453:Fluorescence; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D058228:Islet Amyloid Polypeptide; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009570:Nitriles / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D017354:Point Mutation; D011485:Protein Binding; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid; D052160:Benzothiazoles; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D058228:Islet Amyloid Polypeptide; D009570:Nitriles; D013844:Thiazoles; C530634:p-cyanophenylalanine; C009462:thioflavin T; D010649:Phenylalanine; D000409:Alanine