Molecular modeling of the misfolded insulin subunit and amyloid fibril

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3187-3195

  Choi, Jay H ^a   May, Barnaby C H ^a   Wille, Holger ^a   Cohen, Fred E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 73449140121     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.09.042     Document Type: Article

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