Medical Definition of Vasodilator stimulated phosphoprotein
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A 46/50 kD protein that is a substrate for both cAMP and cGMP dependent protein kinases and that is associated with microfilament bundles in many tissue cells. Abundant in platelets, phosphorylation of VASP will inhibit platelet activation.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Vasodilator Stimulated Phosphoprotein
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