The Evolution of the Scavenger Receptor Cysteine-Rich Domain of the Class A Scavenger Receptors

The class A scavenger receptor (cA-SR) family is a group of five evolutionarily related innate immune receptors. The cA-SRs are known for their promiscuous ligand binding; as they have been shown to bind bacteria, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Escherichia coli, as well as different modified f...

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Main Authors: Yap, Nicholas V. L., Whelan, Fiona J., Bowdish, Dawn M. E., Golding, G. Brian
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4491621/