Pub. Date : 1998 Sep
PMID : 9766845
1 Functional Relationships(s)Download |
Sentence | Compound Name | Protein Name | Organism |
1 | Despite the primary role of the oxygen-dependent MPO system in the destruction of certain phagocytosed microbes, subjects with total or partial MPO deficiency generally do not have an increased frequency of infections, probably because other MPO-independent mechanism(s) for microbicidal activity compensate for the lack of MPO. | Oxygen | myeloperoxidase | Homo sapiens |