Article
Protein C.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2013
Hepner Mirta, Karlaftis Vasiliki
Abstract excerpt
Protein C (PC) is a 62-kDa vitamin K-dependent plasma zymogen which, after activation to serine protease, plays an important role in the physiologic regulation of blood coagulation. Given that PC is one of the major naturally occurring inhibitors of coagulation, acquired or hereditary deficiencies of this protein result in excessive thrombin generation. As a vast array of mutations are responsible for hereditary...
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