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The evolution of the class A scavenger receptors.
BMC evolutionary biology - 27 Nov 2012
Whelan Fiona J, Meehan Conor J, Golding G Brian, McConkey Brendan J, Bowdish Dawn M E
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BACKGROUND: The class A scavenger receptors are a subclass of a diverse family of proteins defined based on their ability to bind modified lipoproteins. The 5 members of this family are strikingly variable in their protein structure and function, raising the question as to whether it is appropriate to group them as a family based on their ligand binding abilities. RESULTS: To investigate these relationships, we...
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