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A shortcut to peptides to modulate platelets

Short peptide segments are increasingly found to have critical roles in biological processes but are often difficult to discover. Bioactive peptides can be quickly found through computational approaches, including a new method that has identified several peptides active against platelet function.

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Figure 1: Schematic demonstrating the search for peptides active against platelet aggregation.

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Apic, G., Russell, R. A shortcut to peptides to modulate platelets. Nat Chem Biol 3, 83–84 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio0207-83

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