About The Medical Condition Amyloid

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Amyloid Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Amyloid Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Amyloid?

A general term for a variety of different proteins that accumulate as extracellular fibrils of 7-10 nm and have common structural features, including a beta-pleated sheet conformation and the ability to bind such dyes as Congo red and thioflavine (Kandel, Schwartz, and Jessel, Principles of Neural Science, 3rd ed).

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