Three dimensional structure of human fibrinogen under aqueous conditions visualized by atomic force microscopy

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1048-1051

  Marchant, Roger E ^a,b   Barb, Matthew D ^a   Shainoff, John R ^c   Eppell, Steven J ^a   Wilson, David L ^a   Siedlecki, Christopher A ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYDROPHILICITY; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030859366     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1656109     Document Type: Article

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