Clustered basic residues within segment 484-510 of the factor VIIIa A2 subunit contribute to the catalytic efficiency

P V Jenkins1, J L Dill, Q Zhou

  • 1Department of Biochemistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.

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