Usage examples (37)

• In its natural state, the aptamer binds with an enzyme called thrombin, which regulates blood clotting.
• Scientists have known that a protein called thrombin plays an important role in clot formation as a potent activator of platelets.
• The newer drug works on one protein in the coagulation cascade called thrombin - "which is right at the blood clot, the one right at the end of this process," Sharma says.
• Factor VII and Factor X can substitute for thrombin 5,6.