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Membrane pore formation by pentraxin proteins from Limulus, the American horseshoe crab.

The Biochemical journal - 15 Jul 2008

Harrington John M, Chou Hui-Ting, Gutsmann Thomas, Gelhaus Christoph, Stahlberg Henning, Leippe Matthias, Armstrong Peter B

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The pentraxins are a family of highly conserved plasma proteins of metazoans known to function in immune defence. The canonical members, C-reactive protein and serum amyloid P component, have been identified in arthropods and humans. Mammalian pentraxins are known to bind lipid bilayers, and a pentraxin representative from the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, binds and permeabilizes mammalian...

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PMID: 18370931
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20071357

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