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Crucial role for the VWF A1 domain in binding to type IV collagen.
Blood - 2 Apr 2015
Flood Veronica H, Schlauderaff Abraham C, Haberichter Sandra L, Slobodianuk Tricia L, Jacobi Paula M, Bellissimo Daniel B, Christopherson Pamela A, Friedman Kenneth D, Gill Joan Cox, Hoffmann Raymond G, Montgomery Robert R
Abstract excerpt
Von Willebrand factor (VWF) contains binding sites for platelets and for vascular collagens to facilitate clot formation at sites of injury. Although previous work has shown that VWF can bind type IV collagen (collagen 4), little characterization of this interaction has been performed. We examined the binding of VWF to collagen 4 in vitro and extended this characterization to a murine model of defective...
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