Plasminogen activation and lysis of blood clots induced by cells in vitro
✍ Scribed by Peter Knox; Sheila Crooks
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 770 KB
- Volume
- 135
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9541
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✦ Synopsis
When human diploid fibroblasts were seeded onto the surface of blood clots, lysis of the clot occurred as a result of the release of cellular plasminogen activator. A
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