Perturbation of the stability of amyloid fibrils through alteration of electrostatic interactions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2783-2791

  Shammas, Sarah L ^a   Knowles, Tuomas P J ^a   Baldwin, Andrew J ^a   MacPhee, Cait E ^b   Welland, Mark E ^a   Dobson, Christopher M ^a   Devlin, Glyn L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 79960322727     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.04.039     Document Type: Article

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