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Protein kinase Cε and protein kinase Cθ double-deficient mice have a bleeding diathesis.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Sept 2012
Unsworth A J, Finney B A, Navarro-Nunez L, Severin S, Watson S P, Pears C J
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BACKGROUND: In comparison to the classical isoforms of protein kinase C (PKC), the novel isoforms are thought to play minor or inhibitory roles in the regulation of platelet activation and thrombosis. OBJECTIVES: To measure the levels of PKCθ and PKCε and to investigate the phenotype of mice deficient in both novel PKC isoforms. METHODS: Tail bleeding and platelet activation assays were monitored in mice and...
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