Architecture and Polymorphism of Fibrillar Supramolecular Assemblies Produced by in Vitro Aggregation of Human Calcitonin

Horst H. Bauer; Ueli Aebi; Markus Häner; René Hermann; Martin Müller; Tudor Arvinte; Hans P. Merkle

doi:10.1006/jsbi.1995.1024

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FibrilTransmission electron microscopySupramolecular chemistryCrystallographyChemistryBiophysicsElectron microscopeDark field microscopyPolyproline helixScanning electron microscopeMicroscopyPeptideMaterials scienceNanotechnologyBiochemistryBiologyOpticsComposite materialCrystal structure

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Year: 1995
Type: article
Volume: 115
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-15
Citations: 158
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                                    Horst H. Bauer, 
                                
                                    Ueli Aebi, 
                                
                                    Markus Häner
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1995). 
                            Architecture and Polymorphism of Fibrillar Supramolecular Assemblies Produced by in Vitro Aggregation of Human Calcitonin. 
                            Journal of Structural Biology
                            , 115
                            (1)
                            , 1-15.
                            https://doi.org/10.1006/jsbi.1995.1024
                        

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DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1995.1024