Lactoferrin: A multi-tasking protein par excellence

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 2529-2530

  Baker, E N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASIALOGLYCOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; FERRIC ION; INTERLEUKIN 18; LACTOFERRIN; LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METAL ION; RECEPTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BONE GROWTH; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; MILK; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 28344437742     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-005-5366-y     Document Type: Short Survey

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