| Literature DB >> 23287899 |
Oscar A McCrate1, Xiaoxue Zhou, Lynette Cegelski.
Abstract
We have demonstrated that curcumin is an amyloid-specific dye in E. coli. Curcumin binds to curliated whole cells and to isolated curli amyloid fibers. Similar to Congo red, curcumin exhibits a red-shift in absorbance and a significant increase in fluorescence upon binding to isolated curli.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23287899 PMCID: PMC3633639 DOI: 10.1039/c2cc37792f
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Commun (Camb) ISSN: 1359-7345 Impact factor: 6.222