Sulfatides mediate Disabled-2 membrane localization and stability during platelet aggregation

Thrombosis, the major cause of heart attack and strokes,1 is triggered by localized clotting of the blood as the result of deregulated platelet aggregation. During the repair of vascular injury, clotting usually occurs when platelets adhere to each other at the site of vascular injury in order to st...

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Main Author: Drahos, Karen Elizabeth
Other Authors: Biology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31626
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04042009-232708/