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Structural analysis of eight novel and 112 previously reported missense mutations in the interactive FXI mutation database reveals new insight on FXI deficiency.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Aug 2009
Saunders Rebecca E, Shiltagh Nuha, Gomez Keith, Mellars Gillian, Cooper Carolyn, Perry David J, Tuddenham Edward G, Perkins Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
Factor XI (FXI) functions in blood coagulation. FXI is composed of four apple (Ap) domains and a serine protease (SP) domain. Deficiency of FXI leads to an injury-related bleeding disorder, which is remarkable for the lack of correlation between bleeding symptoms and FXI coagulant activity (FXI:C). The number of mutations previously reported in our interactive web database (http://www.FactorXI.org) is now...
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