A novel phagocytic receptor (CgNimC) from Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas with lipopolysaccharide and gram-negative bacteria binding activity

• Published in: Fish & Shellfish Immunology
• Main Authors: Wang, Weilin, Liu, Rui, Zhang, Tao, Zhang, Ran, Song, Xuan, Wang, Lingling, Song, Linsheng
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Phagocytic Receptor; Nimrod; Lipopolysaccharide; Crassostrea Gigas; Immune Response; Pacific; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/25374; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2014.12.019

Phagocytosis is an evolutionarily conserved process to ingest the invading microbes and apoptotic or necrotic corpses, playing vital roles in defensing invaders and maintenance of normal physiological conditions. In the present study, a new Nimrod family phagocytic receptor with three EGF-like domai...