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BPIFB4
Introduction
BPI fold containing family B, member 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BPIFB4 gene.[1]
Further reading
Further reading
- Bingle CD, Craven CJ (August 2003). “Comparative analysis of the PLUNC (palate, lung and nasal epithelium clone) protein families”. Biochemical Society Transactions. 31 (Pt 4): 806–9. doi:10.1042/bst0310806. PMID 12887310.
- Andrault JB, Gaillard I, Giorgi D, Rouquier S (August 2003). “Expansion of the BPI family by duplication on human chromosome 20: characterization of the RY gene cluster in 20q11.21 encoding olfactory transporters/antimicrobial-like peptides”. Genomics. 82 (2): 172–84. doi:10.1016/S0888-7543(03)00102-2. PMID 12837268.
- Bingle CD, Seal RL, Craven CJ (August 2011). “Systematic nomenclature for the PLUNC/PSP/BSP30/SMGB proteins as a subfamily of the BPI fold-containing superfamily”. Biochemical Society Transactions. 39 (4): 977–83. doi:10.1042/BST0390977. PMC 3196848. PMID 21787333.
- Bingle CD, Craven CJ (April 2002). “PLUNC: a novel family of candidate host defence proteins expressed in the upper airways and nasopharynx”. Human Molecular Genetics. 11 (8): 937–43. doi:10.1093/hmg/11.8.937. PMID 11971875.