The 118-135 peptide of the human prion protein forms amyloid fibrils and induces liposome fusion.

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Published in J Mol Biol on December 05, 1997

Authors

T Pillot1, L Lins, M Goethals, B Vanloo, J Baert, J Vandekerckhove, M Rosseneu, R Brasseur

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1: Department of Biochemistry, Universiteit Gent, Belgium.

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