The Active Platelet: Translation and Protein Synthesis in an Anucleate Cell

ABSTRACT

Platelets are the major cellular component of the hemostatic system that controls vessel and wound repair. However, platelets also have a variety of additional functions in inflammatory responses and host defense. The function and structure of the platelet was assumed to be very simple for a long period of time. With more modern tools of investigation such as cDNA arrays and proteomics, we have discovered a cell that is becoming a more sophisticated libero that functions in the classic mechanisms of white blood cells-inflammation and immunity.

KEYWORDS

Platelets - translation - proteomics - cDNA

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