Amyloid fibrils: The eighth wonder of the world in protein folding and aggregation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1433-1435

  Lednev, Igor K ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLIN; AMYLOID; HISTIDINE; TYROSINE;

CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; SHORT SURVEY;

AMYLOID; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; ISLET AMYLOID POLYPEPTIDE; TYROSINE;

EID: 84897436519     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.02.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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