Cl- regulates the structure of the fibrin clot

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1973-1979

  Di Stasio, Enrico ^a   Nagaswami, Chandrasekaran ^b   Weisel, John W ^b   Di Cera, Enrico ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; FIBRIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBRIN CLOT; FIBRIN POLYMERIZATION; HUMAN; IONIC STRENGTH; PH; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0031708032     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77638-6     Document Type: Article

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