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Gai Liu1, Anabathula Prabhakar, Darryl Aucoin

  • 1Carlson School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Clark University, 950 Main Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610, USA.

概括

蛋白质自我组装,与2型糖尿病等疾病有关,涉及暂时的α螺旋. 这项研究揭示了小岛氨基多 (IAPP) 中的特定突变如何在聚合过程中影响螺旋式中间体和β片形成.

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