C-reactive protein; contains: C-reactive protein(1-205) (CRP PTX1)

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Introduction

A pentraxin or pentaxin.

Function

Cofactor: binds 2 Ca+2 per subunit

Structure

Compartment

secreted

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

Expression

Pathology

Notes

More general terms

Additional terms

References

  1. Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry 3rd ed, WB Saunders, 1987 pg 334
  2. Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA. 1991, pg 224
  3. Journal Watch 24(3):22, 2004 Sesso HD et al, JAMA 290:2945, 2003 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14665655 Grundy SM et al, JAMA 290:3000, 2003
  4. Lange LA et al, Association of polymorphisms in the CRP gene with circulating C-reactive protein levels and cardiovascular events. JAMA 2006, 296:2703 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17164456
  5. UniProt http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P02741.html
  6. Wikipedia; Note: C-reactive protein entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-reactive_protein
  7. SeattleSNPs http://pga.gs.washington.edu/data/crp/
  8. Protein Spotlight; Note: No more christmas pudding? - Issue 30 of January 2003 http://web.expasy.org/spotlight/back_issues/sptlt030.shtml

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