The role of fibrinogen alpha C-domains in the fibrin assembly process.
Turbidity development registration and electron microscopic observation of the assembly process of the fibrin monomer and its derivative lacking in intact alpha C-domains (monomeric X1 fragment) have shown that these domains participate in fibrin polymerization, not as structural components, but as a factor promoting the ordered process of fibrin assembly.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005337:Fibrin / Q000032:analysis*; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000032:analysis*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009391:Nephelometry and Turbidimetry; D011108:Polymers / Q000032:analysis; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
D011108:Polymers; D005337:Fibrin; D005340:Fibrinogen