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Distinct and overlapping functions of allelic forms of human mannose binding protein.
Nature genetics - 1 Sept 1992
Super M, Gillies S D, Foley S, Sastry K, Schweinle J E, Silverman V J, Ezekowitz R A
Abstract excerpt
Human mannose binding protein (MBP) is a C-type serum lectin involved in first-line host defense against a variety of bacterial, fungal and viral pathogens. Recently an association was found between low levels of serum MBP and an increased frequency of recurrent infections in infants. A particular genotype, in which glycine is substituted by aspartic acid at codon 54 of MBP in the fifth collagen repeat, shows...
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