Kinetics and thermodynamics of amyloid fibril assembly

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 671-679

  Wetzel, Ronald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMYLOID; KINETICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33749824175     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar050069h     Document Type: Review

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