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Biological Factors > Blood Coagulation Factors > Platelet Factor 3
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Blood Coagulation Factors > Platelet Factor 3

Preferred term

Platelet Factor 3  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • PF 3

Note

  • a coagulant

Scope note

  • A phospholipid from the platelet membrane that contributes to the blood clotting cascade by forming a phospholipid-protein complex (THROMBOPLASTIN) which serves as a cofactor with FACTOR VIIA to activate FACTOR X in the extrinsic pathway of BLOOD COAGULATION.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010977

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