Ultrathin self-assembled fibrin sheets

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 49, 2008, Pages 19438-19443

  O'Brien III, E Tim ^a   Falvo, Michael R ^a   Millard, Daniel ^b   Eastwood, Brian ^b   Taylor II, Russell M ^b   Superfine, Richard ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clot; Fiber; Monomolecular sheet; Network; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; FIBRIN SHEET; FIBRINOGEN; POLYMER; THROMBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CHICKENS; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; GLASS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYMERS; THROMBIN;

EID: 58049192874     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804865105     Document Type: Article

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