A molecular model of the amyloid fibril

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 199, 1996, Pages 6-21

  Blake, Colin C F ^a   Serpell, Louise C ^a   Sunde, Margaret ^a   Sandgren, Ola ^b   Lundgren, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030344361     PISSN: 03005208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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