Competition between primary nucleation and autocatalysis in amyloid fibril self-assembly.

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Published in Biophys J on February 03, 2015

Authors

Kym Eden1, Ryan Morris2, Jay Gillam2, Cait E MacPhee2, Rosalind J Allen2

Author Affiliations

1: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Electronic address: eden.kym@gmail.com.
2: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

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