The molecular origins of the mechanical properties of fibrin

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 15-20

  Falvo, Michael R ^a   Gorkun, Oleg V ^b   Lord, Susan T ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

Fibrin clots; Fibrinogen; Mechanical properties; Molecular mechanisms; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; FIBRIN MONOMER;

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CIRCULATION; FIBER; FIBRIN CLOT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WOUND HEALING;

FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 78149282882     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2010.08.009     Document Type: Review

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