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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
Volume 8, 2001 - Issue 3
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Original Article

Amyloid fibril formation in microwell plates for screening of inhibitors

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Pages 182-193 | Received 11 Aug 2000, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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