The pH-dependent stability of wild-type and mutant transthyretin oligomers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2795-2804

  Skoulakis, S ^a   Goodfellow, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PREALBUMIN; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIMERIZATION; DISSOCIATION; ENERGY; PH; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; TECHNIQUE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0037623315     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)70009-5     Document Type: Article

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