Energetics and mechanism of the normal-to-amyloidogenic isomerization of β2-microglobulin: on-the-fly string method calculations.

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Published in J Phys Chem B on July 31, 2012

Authors

Spencer T Stober1, Cameron F Abrams

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.

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