accession
0031094
databaseName
GO
dbId
161284
definition
A network of membrane-bounded compartments found in blood platelets, where they regulate platelet activation by sequestering or releasing calcium. The dense tubular network exists as thin elongated membranes in resting platelets, and undergoes a major ultrastructural change, to a rounded vesicular form, upon addition of thrombin.
displayName
platelet dense tubular network
name
platelet dense tubular network
schemaClass
GO_CellularComponent