Microtubule and cortical forces determine platelet size during vascular platelet production
Microtubule and cortical forces determine platelet size during vascular platelet production
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Megakaryocytes release large preplatelet intermediates into the sinusoidal blood vessels. Preplatelets convert into barbell-shaped proplatelets
in vitro
to undergo repeated abscissions that yield circulating platelets. These observations predict the presence of circular-preplatelets and barbell-proplatelets in blood, and two fundamental quest...
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Microtubule and cortical forces determine platelet size during vascular platelet production
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1015756428
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1015756428
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2041-1723
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2041-1723
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10.1038/ncomms1838
