title: Interaction between FXIII and fibrinogen.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Smith and colleagues report on the functional role of the interaction between these 2 proteins by studying the involved binding sites responsible for clot stabilization.(1)
authors.affiliation: University of Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Hans P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Kohler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D005176:Factor XIII / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism*; D054730:Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs; D013917:Thrombin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; C098000:fibrinogen alphaC; C064015:factor XIII subunit A; D005340:Fibrinogen; D005176:Factor XIII; D013917:Thrombin