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Disruption of the endothelial cell protein C receptor gene in mice causes placental thrombosis and early embryonic lethality.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 8 Nov 2002
Gu Jian-Ming, Crawley James T B, Ferrell Gary, Zhang Fangjiu, Li Weihong, Esmon Naomi L, Esmon Charles T
Abstract excerpt
The endothelial cell protein C receptor (EPCR) is a type 1 transmembrane protein found primarily on endothelium that binds both protein C and activated protein C with similar affinity. EPCR augments the activation of protein C by the thrombin-thrombomodulin complex. To determine the physiological importance of EPCR, we generated EPCR-deficient mice by homologous targeting in embryonic stem cells. Genotyping of...
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