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The impact of factor XIIIa V34L polymorphism on plasma factor XIII activity in the Chinese and Asian Indians from Singapore.
Human genetics - 1 Jan 2004
Heng Chew-Kiat, Lal Suman, Saha Nilmani, Low Poh-Sim, Kamboh M Ilyas
Abstract excerpt
Factor XIII (FXIII) is a plasma transglutaminase that is essential for normal haemostasis and fibrinolysis. A few polymorphic sites have been identified in the gene, one of them being a point mutation (V34L) in exon 2 of the FXIIIa subunit gene leading to an amino acid change of valine to leucine. We have examined the role of this polymorphism in relation to plasma FXIII activity in a total of 532 healthy...
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