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Sulphated mucopolysaccharide, found in granules of mast cells, that inhibits the action of thrombin on fibrinogen by potentiating antithrombins, thereby interfering with the blood clotting cascade. Platelet factor IV will neutralise heparin.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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