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Coiled-coiled domains as a mechanism to stop haemorrhage after renal biopsies

Authors

  • B. Pilz
  • R. Kettritz
  • M. Bieringer
  • F.C. Luft

Journal

  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Citation

  • Nephrol Dial Transplant 23 (8): 2688-2689

Abstract

  • Nephrocystin (NPHP1), the gene for nephronophthisis type 1, is a protein featuring a coiled-coil domain. The coiled coil is a common structural motif formed by 3–5% of all amino acids in proteins. Nowadays, it is vital that busy nephrologists know such things. We recently were faced with a nephrological process that also relied ...


DOI

doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn227