Men of the molecules

Abstract

In memoriam Eduard Lugovskoi and Russell Doolittle we are referring to several episodes of their life and work. Russell Doolittle an American biochemist and his friend and colleague Ukrainian scientist Eduard Lugovskoi, both studied fibrinogen structure and functions and finally united their efforts in the revealing of the new mechanism of intramolecular interactions of fibrin molecule through coiled-coil region. The results of their common work and discussions were included to the article “The fibrin Bβ125-135 site is involved in the lateral association of protofibrils”. Valuable part of the communication dedicated to the poetry of Eduard Lugovskoi that inspired both of scientists in work and life. We are providing some remembrance of their collaboration, their letters sent to each other, fragments of handwriting and common photo of Russell Doolittle and Eduard Lugovskoi.

Keywords

• coiled coil region
• doolittle
• fibrin polymerization
• fibrinogen
• lugovskoi