Figure 4.
Fluorescence-detected thermal unfolding of cross-linked (XL) and non-cross-linked (n-XL) Aα221-610 oligomers in 20 mM Tris, pH 7.4, containing 0.15 M NaCl (panel A) and in 20 mM Tris, pH 7.4, containing 2 M NaCl (panel B). The unfolding curves have been arbitrary shifted along the vertical axis to improve visibility; the dashed straight lines represent linear extrapolations of the values of the fluorescence ratio at 370/330nm before and after transitions to highlight their sigmoidal character; the dotted vertical lines show midpoint temperature (Tm) of the unfolding transitions. The curves are representative of at least two independent experiments.