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Factor XIII, clot structure, thrombosis.
Thrombosis research - 1 Mar 2012
Bagoly Zsuzsa, Koncz Zsuzsa, Hársfalvi Jolán, Muszbek László
Abstract excerpt
Blood coagulation factor XIII (FXIII) is a tetrameric protein consisting of two catalytic A (FXIII-A) and two carrier/inhibitory B (FXIII-B) subunits. It is a zymogen, which becomes transformed into an active transglutaminase (FXIIIa) in the final phase of coagulation cascade by thrombin and Ca(2+). FXIII is essential for hemostasis, its deficiency results in severe bleeding diathesis. FXIIIa mechanically...
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