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activator

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  • n  (biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription

  • They also found an activator in the blood plasma which enabled renin to work.
  • FDA Commissioner Frank Young announced that the agency had approved the use of tissue plasminogen activator, or t-PA, as an emergency treatment for heart attacks.
  • In addition, patients who breathed the exhaust showed a drop in blood levels of the protein t-PA, or tissue plasminogen activator, which inhibits the formation of blood clots that .
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    June 21, 2013 - Marketwire
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    June 20, 2013 - New York Post

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