| Literature DB >> 12906816 |
Konstantinos Konstantopoulos1, William D Hanley, Denis Wirtz.
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Leukocyte recruitment to sites of inflammation is initiated by the selectin family of adhesion receptors. Recent research reveals that P-selectin binding to its ligand exhibits 'catch' to 'slip' bond transition that may help explain the shear threshold phenomenon.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12906816 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(03)00529-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834