title: [The role of calcium ions in fibrin polymerization].
abstract: The article reviews the literature and authors' own data on the role of Ca ions in blood coagulation, namely, in the process of the formation of highly ordered fibrin clot. It has been shown that the main role of Ca2+ is the timely formation and stabilization of fibrin polymerization sites at all successive stages of the fibrin polymerization process.
authors.affiliation: Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, NAS of Ukraine, Kiev. lougovsk@biochem.kiev.ua
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Lugovskoĭ
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Gritsenko
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Skurskiĭ
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Komissarenko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000378:metabolism*; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D005337:Fibrin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D005337:Fibrin; D002118:Calcium