Latherin: a surfactant protein of horse sweat and saliva.

Horses are unusual in producing protein-rich sweat for thermoregulation, a major component of which is latherin, a highly surface-active, non-glycosylated protein. The amino acid sequence of latherin, determined from cDNA analysis, is highly conserved across four geographically dispersed equid speci...

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Main Authors: Rhona E McDonald, Rachel I Fleming, John G Beeley, Douglas L Bovell, Jian R Lu, Xiubo Zhao, Alan Cooper, Malcolm W Kennedy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2684629?pdf=render