Thromb Haemost 2013; 110(03): 620-622
DOI: 10.1160/TH13-01-0051
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The activation peptide of coagulation factor IX and X serves as a high affinity receptor to cationic ligands

Andreas Griessner
1   Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Austria
2   Current address: Biochemistry Centre (BZH), University of Heidelberg, Germany
,
Thomas Zögg
1   Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Austria
,
Hans Brandstetter
1   Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Austria
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Financial Support: This work was funded by Austrian Academy of Sciences (project ÖAW-22907) and by the Austrian Science Fund FWF (project P23454-B11).
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Publication History

Received: 22 January 2013

Accepted after major revision: 09 June 2013

Publication Date:
22 November 2017 (online)

 

 
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