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Two novel ficolin‐like proteins act as pattern recognition receptors for invading pathogens in the freshwater crayfish <i>Pacifastacus leniusculus</i>
21 Mar 2011
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To isolate pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs)-binding molecules, the bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus was used as an affinity matrix to find bacteria-binding proteins in the plasma of the freshwater crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus. Two new bacteria-binding ficolin-like proteins (FLPs) were identified by 2-DE and MS analysis. The FLPs have a fibrinogen-related domain (FReD) in their C-terminal and a...
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