Tau protein fibrillization mirrors polymer crystallization. (IMAGE)

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Tau protein fibrillization mirrors polymer crystallization.

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Tau protein fibrillization mirrors polymer crystallization. The pathway taken as tau proteins form fibrils is very similar to the pathway taken by polymers as they crystallize.

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Tokyo Metropolitan University

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