Pharmacologic Substance
angiostatin
an·gi·o·sta·tin [ an-jee-oh-stat-n ]
Subclass of:
Angiostatic Proteins;
Plasminogen
Definitions related to angiostatins:
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38kD fragment of plasminogen.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Circulating 38-kDa proteins that are internal peptide fragments of PLASMINOGEN. The name derives from the fact that they are potent ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS. Angiostatins contain four KRINGLE DOMAINS which are associated with their potent angiostatic activity.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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