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Photo-Induced Cross-Linking of Unmodified Proteins (PICUP) Applied to Amyloidogenic Peptides
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Photo-Induced Cross-Linking of Unmodified Proteins (PICUP) Applied to Amyloidogenic Peptides

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[Thermo- and photoinduced aggregation of alpha-crystallin]

N L Vekshin, V I Sukharev

    Biofizika
    |April 29, 2005
    PubMed

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