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Amyloid
The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders
Volume 17, 2010 - Issue 3-4
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Original Article

Comparison of amyloid fibril formation by two closely related immunoglobulin light chain variable domains

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Pages 129-136 | Published online: 16 Nov 2010

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