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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
Volume 7, 2000 - Issue 3
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Original Article

Histidine residues underlie Congo red binding to Aβ analogs

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Pages 179-188 | Received 10 Jun 1999, Accepted 06 Jan 2000, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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