Amino acid sequence analysis of amyloid protein a (AA) from cats (captive cheetahs: Acinonyx jubatus) with a high prevalence of AA amyloidosis

Amyloid

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-177

  Johnson, Kenneth H ^a   Sletten, Knut ^b   Munson, Linda ^c   O'Brien, Timothy D ^a   Papendick, Rebecca ^c   Westermark, Per ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amyloid protein A(AA); Amyloid amyloidosis; Cheetah

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000100722     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129709014381     Document Type: Article

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