Antimicrobial protegrin-1 forms amyloid-like fibrils with rapid kinetics suggesting a functional link

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1775-1783

  Jang, Hyunbum ^a   Arce, Fernando Teran ^b,c   Mustata, Mirela ^d   Ramachandran, Srinivasan ^b,c   Capone, Ricardo ^b,c   Nussinov, Ruth ^a,e   Lal, Ratnesh ^b,c  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 79959651424     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.01.072     Document Type: Article

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