Functional Amyloids As Natural Storage of Peptide Hormones in Pituitary Secretory Granules
Functional Amyloids As Natural Storage of Peptide Hormones in Pituitary Secretory Granules
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Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Amyloids are highly organized cross-β-sheet-rich protein or peptide aggregates that are associated with pathological conditions including Alzheimer's disease and type II diabetes. However, amyloids may also have a normal biological function, as demonstrated by fungal prions, which are involved in prion replication, and the amyloid protein Pmel17, w...
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Functional Amyloids As Natural Storage of Peptide Hormones in Pituitary Secretory Granules
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TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_liu_20157
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_liu_20157
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0036-8075
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1095-9203
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10.1126/science.1173155
