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Torleif Härd is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research spans fields primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine.

The scientist's subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Cell Biology. These focus areas reflect in their work on cellular transport and secretion mechanisms, along with investigations tied to amyloidosis and Alzheimer's disease.

Among the recent published works, one paper stands out:

  • Enhanced detection of ATTR amyloid using a nanofibril-based assay, 2021, published in Amyloid

The topics covered in their research include:

  • Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Cellular transport and secretion

Torleif Härd's frequent coauthors are:

  • M. Mahafuzur Rahman
  • Benjamin Schmuck
  • Henrik Hansson
  • Gunilla T. Westermark
  • Mats Sandgren

Their publication record prominently features the journal Amyloid as a venue.

Best Publications

  • Solution structure of the glucocorticoid receptor DNA-binding domain

    Torleif Härd;Edwin Kellenbach;Rolf Boelens;Bonnie A. Maler

  • Stabilization of a β-hairpin in monomeric Alzheimer's amyloid-β peptide inhibits amyloid formation

    Wolfgang Hoyer;Caroline Grönwall;Andreas Jonsson;Stefan Ståhl

  • Rapid screening for improved solubility of small human proteins produced as fusion proteins in Escherichia coli

    Martin Hammarström;Niklas Hellgren;Susanne van den Berg;Helena Berglund

  • Stabilization of neurotoxic Alzheimer amyloid-β oligomers by protein engineering

    Anders Sandberg;Leila M. Luheshi;Sofia Söllvander;Teresa Pereira de Barros

  • Improved solubility of TEV protease by directed evolution.

    Susanne van den Berg;Per-Åke Löfdahl;Torleif Härd;Helena Berglund

  • Autoproteolysis coupled to protein folding in the SEA domain of the membrane-bound MUC1 mucin.

    Bertil Macao;Denny G A Johansson;Gunnar C Hansson;Torleif Härd

  • Inhibition of Amyloid Formation

    Torleif Härd;Christofer Lendel

  • Structural basis for high-affinity HER2 receptor binding by an engineered protein

    Charles Eigenbrot;Mark Ultsch;Anatoly Dubnovitsky;Lars Abrahmsén

  • Structural characterization of a minimal functional transactivation domain from the human glucocorticoid receptor.

    Karin Dahlman-Wright;Herbert Baumann;Iain J. McEwan;Tova Almlof

  • Solution Structure and DNA-binding Properties of a Thermostable Protein From the Archaeon Sulfolobus Solfataricus

    Herbert Baumann;Stefan Knapp;Thomas Lundbäck;Rudolf Ladenstein

  • His tag effect on solubility of human proteins produced in Escherichia coli: a comparison between four expression vectors

    Esmeralda A. Woestenenk;Martin Hammarström;Susanne van den Berg;Torleif Härd

  • Induced CD of DNA intercalators: electric dipole allowed transitions.

    Reidar Lyng;Torleif Härd;Bengt Norden

  • The N-terminal regions of estrogen receptor alpha and beta are unstructured in vitro and show different TBP binding properties.

    Anette Wärnmark;Anja Wikström;Anja Wikström;Anthony P.H. Wright;Anthony P.H. Wright;Jan Åke Gustafsson

  • A hexameric peptide barrel as building block of amyloid-β protofibrils.

    Christofer Lendel;Morten Bjerring;Anatoly Dubnovitsky;Anatoly Dubnovitsky;Robert T. Kelly

  • An affibody in complex with a target protein: Structure and coupled folding

    Elisabet Wahlberg;Christofer Lendel;Magnus Helgstrand;Peter Allard

  • Refined solution structure of the glucocorticoid receptor DNA-binding domain.

    H. Baumann;K. Paulsen;H. Kovacs;H. Berglund

  • Architecture of nonspecific protein–DNA interactions in the Sso7d–DNA complex

    Peter Agback;Herbert Baumann;Stefan Knapp;Rudolf Ladenstein

  • A potential role for Drosophila mucins in development and physiology.

    Zulfeqhar A. Syed;Torleif Härd;Anne Uv;Iris F. van Dijk-Härd

  • Effect of N-terminal solubility enhancing fusion proteins on yield of purified target protein.

    Martin Hammarström;Martin Hammarström;Esmeralda A. Woestenenk;Niklas Hellgren;Torleif Härd

  • Stabilization of neurotoxic Alzheimer amyloid-beta oligomers by protein engineering

    Anatoly Dubnovitsky;Anders Sandberg;Leila Luheshi;Sofia Söllvander

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Ståhl
Stefan Ståhl Royal Institute of Technology
Jan-Åke Gustafsson
Jan-Åke Gustafsson University of Houston
Bengt Nordén
Bengt Nordén Chalmers University of Technology
Jan Carlstedt-Duke
Jan Carlstedt-Duke Nanyang Technological University
Lennart Nilsson
Lennart Nilsson Karolinska Institute
Thomas Grundström
Thomas Grundström Umeå University
Stefan Knapp
Stefan Knapp Goethe University Frankfurt
Dieter Willbold
Dieter Willbold Forschungszentrum Jülich
Anthony P. H. Wright
Anthony P. H. Wright Karolinska Institute
Rudolf Ladenstein
Rudolf Ladenstein Karolinska Institute

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