Differential roles of microtubule assembly and sliding in proplatelet formation by megakaryocytes
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- 15 December 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Hematology in Blood
- Vol. 106 (13) , 4076-4085
- https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2005-06-2204
Abstract
Megakaryocytes are terminally differentiated cells that, in their final hours, convert their cytoplasm into long, branched proplatelets, which remodel into blooKeywords
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