Beating the Heat - Fast Scanning Melts Silk Beta Sheet Crystals
Beta-pleated-sheet crystals are among the most stable of protein secondary structures, and are responsible for the remarkable physical properties of many fibrous proteins, such as silk, or proteins forming plaques as in Alzheimer's disease. Previous thinking, and the accepted paradigm, was that...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2013
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3553460/ |