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SUBMITTER: Fong KP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4882439 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fong Karen P KP Zhu Hua H Span Lisa M LM Moore David T DT Yoon Kyungchul K Tamura Ryo R Yin Hang H DeGrado William F WF Bennett Joel S JS
The Journal of biological chemistry 20160407 22
αIIbβ3 activation in platelets is followed by activation of the tyrosine kinase c-Src associated with the carboxyl terminus of the β3 cytosolic tail. Exogenous peptides designed to interact with the αIIb transmembrane (TM) domain activate single αIIbβ3 molecules in platelets by binding to the αIIb TM domain and causing separation of the αIIbβ3 TM domain heterodimer. Here we asked whether directly activating single αIIbβ3 molecules in platelets using the designed peptide anti-αIIb TM also initiat ...[more]