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Bactericidal Permeability-Increasing Protein
Bactericidal permeability-increasing protein (487 aa, ~54 kDa) is encoded by the human BPI gene. This protein is involved in both defense against gram-negative bacterial infections and lipopolysaccharide binding. (NCI Thesaurus)
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