The mannose-binding lectin: a prototypic
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Kazue Takahashi; WK Eddie Ip; Ian C Michelow; R Alan B Ezekowitz
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Article
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2006
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The innate immune system is comprised of a sophisticated network of recognition and effector molecules that act together to protect the host in the first minutes or hours of exposure to an infectious challenge. The mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is an evolutionary conserved circulating host defense pr