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Factor V

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Definition: Heat- and storage-labile plasma glycoprotein which accelerates the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin in blood coagulation. Factor V accomplishes this by forming a complex with factor Xa, phospholipid, and calcium (prothrombinase complex). Deficiency of factor V leads to Owren's disease.  a blood coag factor   
See Also Coagulants
Examples Factor Va 		Other names Proaccelerin; Coagulation Factor V; V, Coagulation Factor; Factor V, Coagulation; Blood Coagulation Factor V; AC Globulin; Factor Pi
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
factor V Hong Kong  0   *Factor V. Thromb Haemost 1999 Nov;82(5):1553-4
factor V Stanford  0   *Factor V. Thromb Haemost 1999 Sep;82(3):1097-9
factor V Cambridge  0   *Factor V. Thromb Haemost 1999 Feb;81(2):312-3
factor V Leiden  0   *Factor V Point Mutation Activated Protein C Resistance. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 1995 May;6(3):286-7
hemocytin protein, Bombyx mori  0   *Insect Proteins *Lectins Factor V Factor VIII Bombyx von Willebrand Factor. Biochim Biophys Acta 1995 Feb 21;1260(3):245-58
factor V clotting antigen  0   *Factor V. New Engl J Med 1982;307(19):1191
platelet factor 1  62031-46-3 Blood platelet factor 1  *Blood Coagulation Factors Blood Platelets Factor V. Ann NY Acad Sci 1981;370:348
prothrombinase complex  0   *Factor V *Factor Xa Thromboplastin. Chem Biol Thrombin WH 310 C748c; p.291;1977; J Biol Chem 255(1):274;1980

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