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A Novel In vitro Model for Studying the Interactions Between Human Whole Blood and Endothelium
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A Novel In vitro Model for Studying the Interactions Between Human Whole Blood and Endothelium

Published on: November 21, 2014

Binding of thrombin to cultured human endothelial cells. Nonequilibrium aspects

P Lollar, J C Hoak, W G Owen

    The Journal of Biological Chemistry
    |November 10, 1980
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    thrombin bindingendothelial cellsnonequilibrium bindingcovalent interaction

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