Relaxation of ultralarge VWF bundles in a microfluidic-AFM hybrid reactor

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 369, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 507-512

  Steppich, D M ^b   Angerer, J I ^b   Sritharan, K ^b   Schneider, S W ^a   Thalhammer, S ^d   Wixforth, A ^b   Alexander Katz, A ^c   Schneider, M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bundle relaxation; Planar microfluidics

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; THROMBOCYTE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 40949126020     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.02.062     Document Type: Article

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