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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
Volume 15, 2008 - Issue 3
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Original Article

Size and morphology of toxic oligomers of amyloidogenic proteins: a case study of human stefin B

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Pages 147-159 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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