Modeling Proplatelet Formation (VIDEO)

University of California - Davis

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This animation from a computer model shows how forces from proteins in the larger pre-platelet form the barbell-shaped pro-platelet. Proplatelets form platelets of the correct size and shape.

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Alex Mogilner, UC Davis

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