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von Willebrand factor folds into a bouquet
Author(s) -
Gerke Volker
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.1038/emboj.2011.321
Subject(s) - von willebrand factor , biology , structural biology , inflammation , glycoprotein , von willebrand disease , extracellular matrix , platelet , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , immunology
The healing of blood vessel injury requires release of von Willebrand factor (vWF). New structures explain the pH‐dependent transition of tightly packed to extended forms of multimeric vWF.