Localization of a thrombin-sensitive calcium pool in plateletsT Sato, L Herman, JA Chandler, A Stracher and TC Detwiler
Electron microscopic x-ray microprobe analysis of pyroantimonate precipitates in platelets fixed in osmium tetroxide-pyroantimonate revealed calcium localization in the nucleoids of alpha-granules. This pool of calcium had largely disappeared within 10 sec after stimulation of platelets by thrombin. Such a rapid change suggests that this calcium pool may have a regulatory role in stimulus-response coupling.
Volume 23,
Issue 2,
pp. 103-106,
02/01/1975
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