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The blood coagulation cascade. Each protein circulates in the blood in an active form. Red blood cells (erythrocytes) trapped in a mesh of fibrin threads. The glycoprotein prothrombin, which occurs in blood plasma, is transformed into thrombin by a clotting factor known as factor X or prothrombinase; thrombin then acts to transform fibrinogen, also present in plasma, into fibrin, which, in combination with platelets from the blood, forms a blood clot.

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Add new Web site: National Hemophilia Foundation - Factor II. Sep 08, 2020
Add new Web site: Healthline - Factor II Deficiency. Sep 08, 2020
Add new Web site: National Hemophilia Foundation - Factor II. Jul 10, 2020
Add new Web site: Healthline - Factor II Deficiency. Jul 10, 2020
New illustration added. Jan 15, 2009
Added new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Prothrombin Thrombophilia. Jun 11, 2008
Added new Web site: Haematologic Technologies - Prothrombin. Jun 11, 2008
Added new Web site: Biocarta - Intrinsic Prothrombin Activation Pathway. Jun 11, 2008
Article revised and updated. Jan 04, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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