platelet dense granule

id: GO:0042827
name: platelet dense granule
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Electron-dense granule occurring in blood platelets that stores and secretes adenosine nucleotides and serotonin. They contain a highly condensed core consisting of serotonin, histamine, calcium, magnesium, ATP, ADP, pyrophosphate and membrane lysosomal proteins.

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