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Tissue factor also called platelet tissue factor factor III thromboplastin or CD142 is a protein present in subendothelial tissue and leukocytes necessary for the initiation of thrombin formation from the zymogen prothrombin.This gene encodes coagulation factor III which is a cell surface glycoprotein. This factor enables cells to initiate the blood coagulation cascades and it functions as the high-affinity receptor for the coagulation factor VII.

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