XIIIEM

Sneha Singh1, Gregor Hagelueken2, Deniz Ugurlar3

  • 1Arijit Biswas Laboratory, Institute for Experimental Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

Blood
|October 24, 2024
PubMed
概括

研究人员揭示了人类凝血因子XIII (FXIII) -A2B2复合体的第一个冷电子显微镜结构. 这种结构澄清了FXIII亚单元相互作用和FXIII缺乏的分子基础,有助于理解出血障碍.

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