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Genetic variants and evolutionary analyses of heparin cofactor II.
Immunobiology - 1 Sept 2014
Kumar Abhishek, Bhandari Anita, Sarde Sandeep J, Goswami Chandan
Abstract excerpt
Heparin cofactor II (HCII) belongs to serpin superfamily and it acts as a thrombin inhibitor in the coagulation cascade, in a glycosaminoglycan-dependent pathway using the release of a sequestered hirudin-like N-terminal tail for interaction with thrombin. This serpin belongs to multiple member group V2 of vertebrate serpin classification. However, there is no comprehensive study illustrating the exact...
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