Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 2 is unstructured and forms amyloid-like fibrils.

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Molecular and biochemical parasitology (Print)

• Publication date

  2009-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.03.012PMID 19450733PMCID PMC2713819
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