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.
Source: CRISP
Fibrinogen: 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.
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