collectins

collectins
A family of molecules that recognize and opsonize microbes during the preimmune response of a host and may activate the complement pathway.

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  • FCN1 — Ficolin (collagen/fibrinogen domain containing) 1, also known as FCN1, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: FCN1 ficolin (collagen/fibrinogen domain containing) 1| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene… …   Wikipedia

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