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Control of Von Willebrand Factor Multimer Size by Thrombospondin-1

Plasma von Willebrand factor (vWF) is a multimeric protein that mediates adhesion of platelets to sites of vascular injury. Only the very large vWF multimers are effective in promoting platelet adhesion in flowing blood. A protein disulfide bond reductase in plasma reduces the average multimer size...

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Autores principales: Xie, Lijuan, Chesterman, Colin N., Hogg, Philip J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2193294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11413189