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Functional amyloid

Turning swords into plowshares

Daniel Otzen Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO); Department of Molecular Biology; Aarhus University; Denmark Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 256-264 | Received 31 Aug 2010, Accepted 17 Sep 2010, Published online: 01 Oct 2010

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