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Changes in thermodynamic stability of von Willebrand factor differentially affect the force-dependent binding to platelet GPIbalpha.
Biophysical journal - 22 Jul 2009
Auton Matthew, Sedlák Erik, Marek Jozef, Wu Tao, Zhu Cheng, Cruz Miguel A
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In circulation, plasma glycoprotein von Willebrand Factor plays an important role in hemostasis and in pathological thrombosis under hydrodynamic forces. Mutations in the A1 domain of von Willebrand factor cause the hereditary types 2B and 2M von Willebrand disease that either enhance (2B) or inh...
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