Morphological development of β(1-40) amyloid fibrils

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 437-443

  Blackley, H K L ^a   Patel, N ^a   Davies, M C ^a   Roberts, C J ^a   Tendler, S J B ^a   Wilkinson, M J ^b   Williams, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Atomic force microscopy; Fibril formation; amyloid

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032837803     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7114     Document Type: Article

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