Environmental conditions affect the kinetics of nucleation of amyloid fibrils and determine their morphology

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3801-3810

  Morel, Bertrand ^a   Varela, Lorena ^a   Azuaga, Ana I ^a   Conejero Lara, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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EID: 78649807663     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.10.039     Document Type: Article

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