The Scientist : Mental flossing [1/2/2002]

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News from The Scientist 2002, 3(1):20020201-02

1 February 2002

The development of areas of protein called amyloid plaques is one of the most distinctive features of Alzheimer's disease and other similar neuropathies. In 1 February Science, Matthew Chapman and colleagues at the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis reported that certain strains of Escherichia coli bacteria also produce amyloid fibers called curli (Science 2002, 295:851-855).

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