"alpha-2-Antiplasmin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				A member of the serpin superfamily found in plasma that inhibits the lysis of fibrin clots which are induced by plasminogen activator. It is a glycoprotein, molecular weight approximately 70,000 that migrates in the alpha 2 region in immunoelectrophoresis. It is the principal plasmin inactivator in blood, rapidly forming a very stable complex with plasmin.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D000979 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | D12.644.861.050 D12.776.124.790.106.090 D12.776.377.715.085.090 D12.776.395.080 D12.776.872.050 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | alpha-2-Antiplasminalpha-2-AntiplasminSerpin F2alpha-2 Antiplasminalpha 2 Antiplasminalpha 2-Plasmin Inhibitoralpha 2 Plasmin Inhibitoralpha(2)-Plasmin Inhibitor
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