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Molecular modeling of the seven tandem leucine-rich repeats within the ligand-binding region of platelet glycoprotein Ib alpha.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Feb 2002
Whisstock James C, Shen Yang, López José A, Andrews Robert K, Berndt Michael C
Abstract excerpt
Platelet glycoprotein (GP)Ib-IX-V mediates von Willebrand Factor (vWF)-dependent adhesion to vascular subendothelium at high shear in (patho)physiological thrombus formation. The ligand-binding domain of GPIb-IX-V is within the N-terminal 282 residues of GPIb alpha, that contains seven tandem leucine-rich repeats (Leu36-Ala200). Repeats 2-4 are critical for vWF binding. In this study, we have built molecular...
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