Examining polyglutamine peptide length: a connection between collapsed conformations and increased aggregation.

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Published in J Mol Biol on August 20, 2009

Authors

Robert H Walters1, Regina M Murphy

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1: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA.

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