Fibrinogen: A globulin of the blood plasma converted into fibrin by the action of thrombin in the presence of ionized calcium to produce coagulation of the blood; the only coagulable protein in the blood plasma of vertebrates; it is absent in afibrinogenemia and is defective in dysfibrinogenemia.
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Fibrinogen: A fibrillar protein present in blood plasma; it converts to fibrin during the process of blood clot formation.
Source: Diseases Database
Fibrinogen: plasma glycoprotein clotted by thrombin, composed of a dimer of three non-identical pairs of polypeptide chains (alpha, beta, gamma) held together by disulfide bonds; fibrinogen clotting is a sol-gel change involving complex molecular arrangements.
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Fibrinogen: Plasma glycoprotein clotted by thrombin, composed of a dimer of three non-identical pairs of polypeptide chains (alpha, beta, gamma) held together by disulfide bonds. Fibrinogen clotting is a sol-gel change involving complex molecular arrangements: whereas fibrinogen is cleaved by thrombin to form polypeptides A and B, the proteolytic action of other enzymes yields different fibrinogen degradation products.
Source: MeSH 2007
Fibrinogen (organ): Fibrinogen is a protein that is the precursor to fibrin. Fibrinogen is produced by the liver and is important to normal blood clotting.
Conditions that can afflict fibrinogen include hypofibrinogenaemia and dysfibrinogenemias.
Fibrinogen (organ): See Fibrinogen (organ information).
More information on organs: Fibrinogen:
Fibrinogen (medical test): The fibrinogen test is used to measure the blood level of fibrinogen, which is part of the normal blood coagulation pathway.
Fibrinogen (medical test): See Fibrinogen (test information).
Source - MeSH 2007
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Source - CRISP
Source: CRISP
The following list attempts to classify Fibrinogen into categories where each line is subset of the next.
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