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Platelet Contractile Regulation in an Isometric System

Nature volume 246, pages 36–37 (1973)Cite this article

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WE have previously shown that human platelets, in addition to actomyosin, the so-called thrombosthenin1, contain a tropomyosin-like protein2. Furthermore, we provided evidence for the presence in isolated platelet actomyosin of a control system which “turns-on” the Mg-ATPase of the contractile protein complex at a saturating level of 10−6 M Ca2+ (ref. 2).

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COHEN, I., DE VRIES, A. Platelet Contractile Regulation in an Isometric System. Nature 246, 36–37 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/246036a0

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