Structural origins of fibrin clot rheology

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2813-2826

  Ryan, Esther A ^a,b   Mockros, Lyle F ^a,b   Weisel, John W ^c   Lorand, Laszlo ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; BLOOD CLOTTING INHIBITOR; CALCIUM ION; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; THROMBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; COMPUTER MODEL; FIBRIN CLOT; HUMAN; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0032729622     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77113-4     Document Type: Article

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