The structure and function of the αC domains of fibrinogen

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 936, Issue , 2001, Pages 312-327

  Weisel, John W ^a   Medved, Leonid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Fibrinogen; Function; Microcalorimetry; Structure; C domain

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; MONOMER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROCALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034972781     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03517.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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