Prion Protein Helix1 Promotes Aggregation but Is Not Converted into β-Sheet
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Prion Protein Helix1 Promotes Aggregation but Is Not Converted into -Sheet*
Jens Watzlawik, Lukasz Skora, Dieter Frense, Christian Griesinger, Markus Zweckstetter , Walter J. Schulz-Schaeffer, and Michael L. Kramer From the Prion and Dementia Research Unit, Institute of Neuropathology, University of Goettingen, 37075 Goettingen, Germany, NMR Based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Goettingen, Germany, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinsch...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m605141200