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Lipocalins

Known as: Lipocalin, Lipocalins [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A diverse family of extracellular proteins that bind to small hydrophobic molecules. They were originally characterized as transport proteins… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
A lectin affinity workflow targeting glycosite-specific, cancer-related carbohydrate structures in trypsin-digested human plasma.
2010
2010
A repertoire of the dominant transcripts from the salivary glands of the blood-sucking bug, Triatoma dimidiata, a vector of Chagas disease.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
The 1.8-Å Crystal Structure of Human Tear Lipocalin Reveals an Extended Branched Cavity with Capacity for Multiple Ligands*
In contrast with earlier assumptions, which classified human tear lipocalin (Tlc) as an outlier member of the lipocalin protein… 
2005
2005
Sequential induction of prostaglandin E and D synthases in inflammation.
2003
2003
Placental protein 14 regulates selective B cell responses.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Endonuclease activity in lipocalins.
Several lipocalins contain conserved amino acid sequences similar to the phosphodiester bond cleavage domain of sugar non… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Complexes of porcine odorant binding protein with odorant molecules belonging to different chemical classes.
Porcine odorant binding protein (pOBP) is a monomer of 157 amino acid residues, purified in abundance from pig nasal mucosa. In… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Tear lipocalins: potential lipid scavengers for the corneal surface.
PURPOSE To investigate the dynamic effect of tear lipocalins (TLs), the major lipid-binding protein in tears, at aqueous-cornea… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Glycosylation of natural human neutrophil gelatinase B and neutrophil gelatinase B-associated lipocalin.
Gelatinase B is a matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-9) involved in tissue remodeling, development, cancer, and inflammation… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Identification of a conserved hydrophobic cluster in partially folded bovine beta-lactoglobulin at pH 2.
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