Example III (cont.): Fourier Analysis of Preferential Orientation of A-beta Aggregates on Graphite
Fourier Analysis of Preferential Orientation of A
b
Aggregates on Graphite
•
The average lateral
spacing between the
sheets based on 2-D
FT:
18.8
±
1.8
nm.
•
The expected length
of a fully extended 42-
residue peptide:
~ 15 nm,
T.Kowalewski, D.M. Holtzman
PNAS
(1999)