"Fibrinopeptide B" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Two small peptide chains removed from the N-terminal segment of the beta chains of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin. Each peptide chain contains 20 amino acid residues. The removal of fibrinopeptides B is not required for coagulation.
| Descriptor ID |
D005345
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.205 D12.776.124.125.530 D12.776.124.270.320 D12.776.811.300.320 D23.119.510
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