title: Structure and specificity in coagulation and its inhibition.
abstract: The coagulation cascade is a complex multiple-component system, whose highly diverse interactions provide a careful balance between procoagulatory and anticoagulatory processes. Recent structural data for thrombin, factor Xa, and antithrombin reveal how these key participants interact with each other and with other components for the maintenance of hemostasis.
authors.affiliation: Milton T. Stubbs and Wolfram Bode are at the Max-Plauck Institut für Biochemie, München, Germany.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Stubbs
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bode