plasminogen
IPA: pɫæzmˈɪnʌdʒɪn
noun
- (biochemistry) The inactive precursor to plasmin; profibrinolysin
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Examples of "plasminogen" in Sentences
- It activates plasminogen to the serine protease, plasmin.
- Plasmin is produced in an inactive form, plasminogen, in the liver.
- PAI 1, however, is the main inhibitor of the plasminogen activators.
- It does so by cleaving the single chained plasminogen into two chains.
- In fact, the LPA gene derives from a duplication of the plasminogen gene.
- Fibrin is a cofactor for plasminogen activation by tissue plasminogen activator.
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