"Coagulase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Enzymes that cause coagulation in plasma by forming a complex with human PROTHROMBIN. Coagulases are produced by certain STAPHYLOCOCCUS and YERSINIA PESTIS. Staphylococci produce two types of coagulase: Staphylocoagulase, a free coagulase that produces true clotting of plasma, and Staphylococcal clumping factor, a bound coagulase in the cell wall that induces clumping of cells in the presence of fibrinogen.
| Descriptor ID |
D003030
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.174 D12.776.097.181
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| Concept/Terms |
Staphylococcal Clumping Factor- Staphylococcal Clumping Factor
- Clumping Factor, Staphylococcal
- Factor, Staphylococcal Clumping
- Clumping Factor (Staphylococcal)
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Correa AG, Baker CJ, Schutze GE, Edwards MS. Immunoglobulin G enhances C3 degradation on coagulase-negative staphylococci. Infect Immun. 1994 Jun; 62(6):2362-6.