Length of tandem repeats in fibrin's αC region correlates with fiber extensibility

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1991-1993

  Falvo, Michael R ^a   Millard, D ^b   O'Brien III, E T ^a   Superfine, R ^a   Lord, S T ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBRIN CLOT; FIBRIN POLYMERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LETTER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FIBRIN; HUMANS; POLYMERS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 54149115887     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2008.03147.x     Document Type: Letter

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