"Congo Red" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An acid dye used in testing for hydrochloric acid in gastric contents. It is also used histologically to test for AMYLOIDOSIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D003224
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.847.638.555.300 D02.886.645.600.080.050.650.250 D04.615.638.555.300
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Congo Red" by people in Profiles.
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The Japanese mutant Aß (?E22-Aß(1-39)) forms fibrils instantaneously, with low-thioflavin T fluorescence: seeding of wild-type Aß(1-40) into atypical fibrils by ?E22-Aß(1-39). Biochemistry. 2011 Mar 29; 50(12):2026-39.
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Helix-turn-helix peptides that form alpha-helical fibrils: turn sequences drive fibril structure. Biochemistry. 2005 Sep 27; 44(38):12681-9.
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Probing the role of backbone hydrogen bonding in beta-amyloid fibrils with inhibitor peptides containing ester bonds at alternate positions. Biochemistry. 2003 Jan 21; 42(2):475-85.