Which knobs fit into which holes in fibrin polymerization?

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2340-2343

  Weisel, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOPEPTIDE A; FIBRINOPEPTIDE B;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD CLOTTING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; BATROXOBIN; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; FACTOR XIIIA; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOPEPTIDE A; FIBRINOPEPTIDE B; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THROMBIN;

EID: 36349029706     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2007.02794.x     Document Type: Note

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