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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Esterases > Ribonucleases > Endoribonucleases > Eosinophil Cationic Protein
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Esterases > Endonucleases > Endoribonucleases > Eosinophil Cationic Protein
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Immunoproteins > Eosinophil Granule Proteins > Eosinophil Cationic Protein

Preferred term

Eosinophil Cationic Protein  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Eosinophil Associated Ribonuclease
  • Eosinophil-Associated Ribonuclease
  • Ribonuclease, Eosinophil-Associated
  • RNase 3
  • RNS3 Protein
  • Serum Eosinophil Cationic Protein

Scope note

  • One of several basic proteins released from EOSINOPHIL cytoplasmic granules. Eosinophil cationic protein is a 21-kDa cytotoxic peptide with a pI of 10.9. Although eosinophil cationic protein is considered a member of the RNAse A superfamily of proteins, it has only limited RNAse activity.

History note

  • 2005(1979)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D047150

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