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THE observation of Pilgeram1 that adenosine triphos-phate (ATP) inhibits the coagulation of blood is especially interesting in that it links the latter process with a key compound of energy metabolism. Pilgeram concluded “the principal site of the ATP action to be on a thrombo-plastin precursor”, but he did not intimate what the precursor might be.
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QUICK, A. Anticoagulant Action of Adenosine Triphosphate. Nature 200, 469–470 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200469a0
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