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Two Stages in the Formation of Active Plasma Thromboplastin

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Although the exact role of calcium in the complex mechanism of blood coagulation is still in some dispute, it is certain that it is a basic element in some of the interactions taking place between the various blood-clotting factors which finally lead to the formation of the prothrombin-converting factor, plasma thromboplastin1. Recently, we2 described an ether-precipitation method for the separation of the latter. Further work, reported herein, on the relation between this important blood-clotting factor and calcium has revealed the presence of two stages in the production of a fully active plasma thromboplastin.

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NOUR-ELDIN, F., WILKINSON, J. Two Stages in the Formation of Active Plasma Thromboplastin. Nature 178, 856–857 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178856a0

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