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Tagging the dead: a bridging factor for Caenorhabditis elegans phagocyte receptors.
- Source :
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Nature cell biology [Nat Cell Biol] 2010 Jul; Vol. 12 (7), pp. 638-40. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Recognition of apoptotic cells by phagocytic cells in Caenorhabditis elegans has been something of a mystery. A secreted transthyretin-like protein, TTR-52, has been identified as a bridging molecule between apoptotic cells and CED-1 on the phagocytic cells that engulf them.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1476-4679
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Nature cell biology
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 20526326
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb2077