Editorial
Copyright ©2006 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Oct 28, 2006; 12(40): 6420-6428
Published online Oct 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i40.6420
Figure 1
Figure 1 Schematic representation of the four exons of the MBL2 gene, with the important polymorphisms identified. The peptides self associates into a homotrimer (structural subunit). Each peptide contains a lectin domain (green) to bind the specific, microbial carbohydrate motifs. Functional MBL circulates in higher-order multimers.