Examples of Amyloid in the following topics:
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- All known prions induce the formation of an amyloid fold, in which the protein polymerises into an aggregate consisting of tightly-packed beta sheets.
- Amyloid aggregates are fibrils, growing at their ends, and replicating when breakage causes two growing ends to become four growing ends.
- This problem does not arise if PrPSc exists only in aggregated forms such as amyloid, where cooperativity may act as a barrier to spontaneous conversion.
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- They may involve various organs directly, as well as predisposing for long-term damage by leading to amyloid deposition.