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Mutating factor VIII: lessons from structure to function.
Blood reviews - 1 Jan 2005
Fay Philip J, Jenkins P Vincent
Abstract excerpt
Factor VIII, a metal ion-dependent heterodimer, circulates in complex with von Willebrand factor. At sites of vessel wall damage, this procofactor is activated to factor VIIIa by limited proteolysis and assembles onto an anionic phospholipid surface in complex with factor IXa to form the intrinsic factor Xase; an enzyme complex that efficiently converts factor X to factor Xa during the propagation phase of...
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