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Activation of the coagulation cascade: A series of limited proteolytic reactions where, at each step, a clotting factor zymogen becomes an active protease that activates the next zymogen in the sequence. Activated factors vs. zymogens.
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Activation of the coagulation cascade: A series of limited proteolytic reactions where, at each step, a clotting factor zymogen becomes an active protease that activates the next zymogen in the sequence