Published in Arthritis Rheum on December 01, 1987
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Human alpha- to zeta-thrombin cleavage occurs with neutrophil cathepsin G or chymotrypsin while fibrinogen clotting activity is retained. Biochemistry (1990) 0.91
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Improved radioimmunoassay of platelet factor 4 and beta-thromboglobulin in plasma. Clin Chim Acta (1980) 0.90
Improved thin-layer chromatography technique for the identification of phenylthiohydantoin amino acids. J Chromatogr (1975) 0.90
An improved method for immobilizing IgG antibodies on protein A-agarose. J Immunol Methods (1990) 0.90
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Amino acid sequence of the monomer subunit of the extracellular hemoglobin of Lumbricus terrestris. J Biol Chem (1987) 0.87
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Two globin strains in the giant annelid extracellular haemoglobins. Biochem J (1987) 0.86
Connective tissue activation. XXV. Regulation of proteoglycan synthesis in human synovial cells. Arthritis Rheum (1983) 0.86
Regional distribution of acid mucopolysaccharides in the kidney. J Clin Invest (1968) 0.85
Responses of aortic smooth muscle to thrombin and thrombin analogues. Ann N Y Acad Sci (1986) 0.85
Rocking promotes differentiated properties in LLC-PK cells by improved oxygenation. Am J Physiol (1989) 0.85
Connective tissue activation. XXVII. The behavior of skin fibroblasts from patients with scleroderma. Arthritis Rheum (1983) 0.85
Anabolic and catabolic responses of human articular cells to growth factors. J Rheumatol (1987) 0.85
Crystallization of a complex of hemoglobin components II and III of the symbiont-harboring clam Lucina pectinata. J Mol Biol (1991) 0.85
Purification and properties of chicken prothrombin. Arch Biochem Biophys (1974) 0.84
hCG free beta-subunit an early marker of outcome of in vitro fertilization clinical pregnancies. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (1987) 0.84
Review of United States data on neoplasms in rheumatoid arthritis. Am J Med (1985) 0.84
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Detection of the free beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) in cultures of normal and malignant trophoblast cells, pregnancy sera, and sera of patients with choriocarcinoma. Endocrinology (1983) 0.84
Connective tissue activation XIX. Plasma levels of the CTAP-III platelet antigen in rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol (1981) 0.84
Characteristics of normal and malignant human mesothelial cells studied in vitro. Lab Invest (1969) 0.84
The heterogeneity of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). II. Characteristics and origins of nicks in hCG reference standards. Endocrinology (1991) 0.83
Crystallization of hemoglobins II and III of the symbiont-harboring clam Lucina pectinata. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr (1994) 0.83
Organization of non-vertebrate globin genes. Comp Biochem Physiol B (1992) 0.83
Immunological recognition and clinical significance of nicked human chorionic gonadotropin in testicular cancer. Clin Chem (1994) 0.83
The amino acid sequence of hemoglobin III from the symbiont-harboring clam Lucina pectinata. J Protein Chem (1993) 0.83
A disulfide-bonded trimer of myoglobin-like chains is the principal subunit of the extracellular hemoglobin of Lumbricus terrestris. Biochim Biophys Acta (1986) 0.83
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy in the foot: clinical and scintigraphic criteria. Radiology (1992) 0.83
Induction of mitochondrial metabolism and pH-modulated ammoniagenesis by rocking LLC-PK1 cells. Am J Physiol (1986) 0.82
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An oligosaccharide of the O-linked type distinguishes the free from the combined form of hCG alpha subunit. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (1984) 0.82
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Evidence for the existence of O-linked sugar chains consisting of glucose and xylose in bovine thrombospondin. J Biochem (1992) 0.82
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Human pepsinogen C (progastricsin) polymorphism: evidence for a single locus located at 6p21.1-pter. Genomics (1989) 0.82
Effect of peptide nicking in the human chorionic gonadotropin beta-subunit on stimulation of recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone receptors. Eur J Endocrinol (1994) 0.81
Purification and characterization of human and bovine platelet factor 4. Prep Biochem (1977) 0.81
The structures of the serine-linked sugar chains on human chorionic gonadotropin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (1985) 0.81