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Bioengineering of coagulation factor VIII for improved secretion.
Blood - 1 May 2004
Miao Hongzhi Z, Sirachainan Nongnuch, Palmer Lisa, Kucab Phillip, Cunningham Michael A, Kaufman Randal J, Pipe Steven W
Abstract excerpt
Factor VIII (FVIII) functions as a cofactor within the intrinsic pathway of blood coagulation. Quantitative or qualitative deficiencies of FVIII result in the inherited bleeding disorder hemophilia A. Expression of FVIII (domain structure A1-A2-B-A3-C1-C2) in heterologous mammalian systems is 2 to 3 orders of magnitude less efficient compared with other proteins of similar size compromising recombinant FVIII...
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