Coagulation factor III (tissue factor) is required for vascularization in zebrafish embryos
“Coagulation factor III (tissue factor) is required for vascularization in zebrafish embryos”, vol. 10, pp. 4147-4157, 2011.
, Tissue factor (coagulation factor III) is a cell surface receptor for coagulation factor VII/VIIa; it was initially recognized as an initiator of the extrinsic coagulation pathway. Recently, the zebrafish tissue factor gene (TF) has been cloned. Paralogs encode coagulation factors IIIa and IIIb; both show remarkable sequence identity to the human and mouse coagulation factor III gene.