Structure of the antithrombin-thrombin-heparin ternary complex reveals the antithrombotic mechanism of heparin.
Li, W., Johnson, D.J., Esmon, C.T., Huntington, J.A.(2004) Nat Struct Mol Biol 11: 857-862
- PubMed: 15311269 
- DOI: 10.1038/nsmb811
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1TB6 - PubMed Abstract: 
The maintenance of normal blood flow depends completely on the inhibition of thrombin by antithrombin, a member of the serpin family. Antithrombin circulates at a high concentration, but only becomes capable of efficient thrombin inhibition on interactio ...