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Structural basis of regulation of von Willebrand factor binding to glycoprotein Ib.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 28 Feb 2014
Blenner Mark A, Dong Xianchi, Springer Timothy A
Abstract excerpt
Activation by elongational flow of von Willebrand factor (VWF) is critical for primary hemostasis. Mutations causing type 2B von Willebrand disease (VWD), platelet-type VWD (PT-VWD), and tensile force each increase affinity of the VWF A1 domain and platelet glycoprotein Ibα (GPIbα) for one another; however, the structural basis for these observations remains elusive. Directed evolution was used to discover a...
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