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Red blood cells (erythrocytes) trapped in a mesh of fibrin threads. The glycoprotein prothrombin, which occurs in blood plasma, is transformed into thrombin by a clotting factor known as factor X or prothrombinase; thrombin then acts to transform fibrinogen, also present in plasma, into fibrin, which, in combination with platelets from the blood, forms a blood clot.

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factor X

biochemistry

Also known as: prothrombinase

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coagulation

In coagulation
…result in the production of factor X. The activation of this factor marks the beginning of the so-called common pathway of coagulation, which results in the formation of a clot.
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