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The generation of cd39–/– mice identifies CD39 as a chief vascular ecto-nucleotidase and affirms the importance of purinergic signaling in both hemostasis and thromboregulation (pages 1010–1017).
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Zimmermann, H. Nucleotides and cd39: Principal modulatory players in hemostasis and thrombosis. Nat Med 5, 987–988 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/12419
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