Publication Date:
2016-01-22
Description:
Author(s): Sithara S. Wijeratne, Jingqiang Li, Hui-Chun Yeh, Leticia Nolasco, Zhou Zhou, Angela Bergeron, Eric W. Frey, Joel L. Moake, Jing-fei Dong, and Ching-Hwa Kiang Von Willebrand factor (VWF) multimers are large adhesive proteins that are essential to the initiation of hemostatic plugs at sites of vascular injury. The binding of VWF multimers to platelets, as well as VWF proteolysis, is regulated by shear stresses that alter VWF multimeric conformation. We use… [Phys. Rev. E 93, 012410] Published Thu Jan 21, 2016
Keywords:
Biological Physics
Print ISSN:
1539-3755
Electronic ISSN:
1550-2376
Topics:
Physics
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