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Exploiting cross-amyloid interactions to inhibit protein aggregation but not function: nanomolar affinity inhibition of insulin aggregation by an IAPP mimic.

Laboratory of Peptide Biochemistry, Center for Integrated Protein Science München, Technische Universität München, An der Saatzucht 5, 85350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition (impact factor: 13.45). 02/2008; 47(37):7114-8. DOI:10.1002/anie.200801499 pp.7114-8
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