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BDCA-2
Introduction
CLEC4C is a membrane protein of plasmacytoid dendritic cells used as a marker for this kind of cells and denoted as CD303 in the nomenclature of the Cluster of differentiation.[1]
References
References
- ↑ Dzionek A, Sohma Y, Nagafune J, et al. (December 2001). “BDCA-2, a novel plasmacytoid dendritic cell-specific type II C-type lectin, mediates antigen capture and is a potent inhibitor of interferon alpha/beta induction”. J. Exp. Med. 194 (12): 1823–34. doi:10.1084/jem.194.12.1823. PMC 2193584. PMID 11748283.
External links
External links
- CLEC4C+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)