PLUNC is a novel airway surfactant protein with anti-biofilm activity.

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Published in PLoS One on February 09, 2010

Authors

Lokesh Gakhar1, Jennifer A Bartlett, Jon Penterman, Dario Mizrachi, Pradeep K Singh, Rama K Mallampalli, S Ramaswamy, Paul B McCray

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry and Protein Crystallography Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America.

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