Protein beta2-microglobulin

Monti, M., Principe, S., Giorgetti, S., Mangione, P., Merlini, G., Clark, A., Bellotti, V., Amoresano, A., and Pucci, P. (2002). Topological investigation of amyloid fibrils obtained from beta2-microglobulin. Protein Sci. 11, 2362-2369. 

Beta2-microglobulin (BMG) is a low molecular weight (11,8 kDa) protein found on tire cell surfaces of all nucleated cells and shed into the blood, particularly by B lymphocytes and some tumor cells. 

Dieterle F, Perentes E, Cordier A, Roth DR, Verdes P, Grenet O, Pantano S, Moulin P, Wahl D, Mahl A, End P, Staedtler F, Legay F, Carl K, Laurie D, Chibout SD, Vonderscher J, Maurer G (2010) Urinary clusterin, cys-tatin C, beta2-microglobulin and total protein as markers to detect drug-induced kidney injury. Nat Biotechnol 28(5) 463-469. doi 10.1038/nbt. 1622... 

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