Cholesterol inhibits the insertion of the Alzheimer’s peptide Aβ(25–35) in lipid bilayers
✍ Scribed by Silvia Dante; Thomas Hauß; Norbert A. Dencher
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 382 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1017
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