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- noun biochemistry Any of a family of
proteins characterised bycalcium -dependent ligand binding
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CRP is a classic acute phase reactant that belongs to the pentraxin family of calcium dependent ligand-binding plasma proteins that play a role in the humoral innate response.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alvaro Cervera et al. 2010
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PTX3 (prototypic long pentraxin 3) is a fluid phase pattern recognition receptor, which plays nonredundant roles in the resistance against diverse pathogens, in the assembly of a hyaluronic acid-rich extracellular matrix, and in female fertility.
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue A. Doni 2008
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