Surfactant-associated proteins: Functions and structural variation

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 91-108

  Haagsman, Henk P ^a,b   Diemel, Robert V ^a  

^a Department of Biochemistry   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

C type lectins; Collectins; Dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC); Lung; Pulmonary surfactant; Saposins; Surface properties; Surfactant proteins

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIN; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LECTIN; LUNG SURFACTANT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SPHINGOLIPID ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; SURFACTANT PROTEIN B; SURFACTANT PROTEIN C; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D;

BREATHING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNITY; LUNG STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE TENSION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035019559     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00308-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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