An infrared study of fibril formation in insulin from different sources

Supramolecular Structure and Function 9

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 21-31

  De La Arada, Igor ^a   Arrondo, Jose Luis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Fibrils; Infrared spectroscopy; Insulin; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892087247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6466-1_2     Document Type: Chapter

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