The toxicity of the Alzheimer's β-amyloid peptide correlates with a distinct fiber morphology

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-71

  Seilheimer, Bernd ^a   Bohrmann, Bernd ^a   Bondolfi, Luca ^a   Müller, Francis ^a   Stüber, Dietrich ^a   Döbeli, Heinz ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; FIBER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0031170886     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3859     Document Type: Article

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