Kinetics and mechanism of amyloid formation by the prion protein H1 peptide as determined by time-dependent ESR

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 345-355

  Lundberg, Karen M ^a   Stenland, Chris J ^a   Cohen, Fred E ^b   Prusiner, Stanley B ^b   Millhauser, Glenn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Amyloid; Electron spin resonance; Kinetics; Prion protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031149603     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(97)90125-3     Document Type: Article

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