PLUNC is a novel airway surfactant protein with anti-biofilm activity.
The PLUNC ("Palate, lung, nasal epithelium clone") protein is an abundant secretory product of epithelia present throughout the conducting airways of humans and other mammals, which is evolutionarily related to the lipid transfer/lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LT/LBP) family. Two memb...
Main Authors: | Lokesh Gakhar, Jennifer A Bartlett, Jon Penterman, Dario Mizrachi, Pradeep K Singh, Rama K Mallampalli, S Ramaswamy, Paul B McCray |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-02-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2817724?pdf=render |
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