Antithrombin structures and the heparin pentasaccharide

Antithrombin, the major inhibitor of blood coagulation, is relatively inactive until it binds to, and is achieved by the heparan sidechains that line the microvasculature. The binding specifically occurs to a core pentasaccharide, present both in the heparans and in their therapeutic derivative hepa...

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Main Author: Jin, L.
Published: University of Cambridge 1998
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.605606