Role of the A chain in thrombin function

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1943-1947

  Papaconstantinou, M E ^a   Bah, A ^a   Di Cera, E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostery; Fibrinogen; PAR1; Protein C; Thrombin

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; FIBRINOGEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN C; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 1; THROMBIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT; CATALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; SODIUM BALANCE;

HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SODIUM; THROMBIN;

EID: 45849146138     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-008-8179-y     Document Type: Article

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