Long pentraxins: An emerging group of proteins with diverse functions

Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-202

  Goodman, Adam R ^b   Cardozo, Timothy ^b   Abagyan, Ruben ^b   Altmeyer, Anne ^a   Wisniewski, Hans Georg ^b   Vilček, Jan ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Pentraxins; Serum amyloid P component; TSG 14 PTX3

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; AMYLOID P COMPONENT; APEXIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; NERVE PROTEIN; NEURONAL PENTRAXIN; PROTEIN; PTX3 PROTEIN; SERUM AMYLOID P; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COVALENT BOND; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; INFECTION; LIGAND BINDING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030206995     PISSN: 13596101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-6101(96)00019-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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