Characterization of the nanoscale properties of individual amyloid fibrils

By Jeffrey F. Smith, Tuomas P. J. Knowles, Christopher M. Dobson, Cait E. MacPhee, M. Welland. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2006

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Functional amyloid--from bacteria to humans. (2007, background): “fibers have a yield-strength comparable to steel [ 23 ] and are protease and detergent resistant ‐ properties that have been harnessed by a variety of organisms.”
Biochemistry of Barnacle Adhesion: An Updated Review (2019, background): “Amyloid fibers have exceptional mechanical stability and show resistance to enzymatic degradation (Fukuma et al., 2006; Smith et al., 2006; Fowler et al., 2007; Knowles and Buehler, 2011).”
Cell-Free Formation of RNA Granules: Low Complexity Sequence Domains Form Dynamic Fibers Within Hydrogels (2012, background): “Relative Fragility of mCherry:FUS and mCherry:hnRNPA2 Amyloid-Like Fibers Extreme stability is a hallmark property of pathogenic amyloid fibers (Dobson, 2003; McKinley et al., 1983; Meersman and Dobson, 2006; Smith et al., 2006;Wille and Prusiner, 1999).”