Article
Organization of the gene for platelet glycoprotein IIb.
Biochemistry - 6 Feb 1990
Heidenreich R, Eisman R, Surrey S, Delgrosso K, Bennett J S, Schwartz E, Poncz M
Abstract excerpt
The glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa heterodimer functions as a receptor for fibrinogen, von Willebrand factor, and fibronectin on activated platelets; it is dysfunctional in the bleeding diathesis Glanzmann's thrombasthenia. This receptor is a member of the integrin family, which includes homologous membrane receptors involved in a number of different cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesive interactions. Knowledge of the...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Blood Platelets
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA
- Exons
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Introns
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Mutation
