Open AccessGood Amyloid, Bad Amyloid—What’s the Difference?
Author(s) -
Roland G. Roberts
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002362
Subject(s) - biology , amyloid (mycology) , amyloid β , biochemistry of alzheimer's disease , neuroscience , amyloidosis , alzheimer's disease , bioinformatics , computational biology , amyloid precursor protein , disease , pathology , medicine , botany
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