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nounan enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots
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- streptokinase an enzyme produced by some strains of streptococcus that can liquefy blood clots by converting plasminogen to plasmin; used medicinally in some cases of myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism
- plasminogen activator protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis
- urokinase protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis
- plasminogen an inactive form of plasmin that occurs in plasma and is converted to plasmin by organic solvents