Selection and structure of ion-selective ligands for platelet integrin alpha IIb(beta) 3.
Smith, J.W., Le Calvez, H., Parra-Gessert, L., Preece, N.E., Jia, X., Assa-Munt, N.(2002) J.Biol.Chem. 277: 10298-10305
- PubMed: 11748219 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M108071200
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
- PubMed Abstract: 
Integrins contain a number of divalent cation binding sites that control ligand binding affinity. Ions such as Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) bind to distinct sites on integrin and can have opposing effects on ligand binding. These effects are presumably brought ...