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Exploring the Molecular Origin of Blood Clot Flexibility

Caption: Fibrinogen molecule pulled by probe of the atomic force microscope (yellow disk) stretched 23 nanometers by the uncoiling of three, tightly coiled coils within the molecule.

Credit: John Weisel, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Biophysical Journal

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