Sequence and structural determinants of amyloid fibril formation

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 620-627

  Bemporad, Francesco ^a   Calloni, Giulia ^a   Campioni, Silvia ^a   Plakoutsi, Georgia ^a   Taddei, Niccolò ^a   Chiti, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; REVIEW;

AMYLOID; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

EID: 33749864323     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar050067x     Document Type: Review

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