pentaxin-related protein made up of 381 amino acid residues; a tumor necrosis factor (TNF)- & IL-1-inducible protein, member of the pentaxin family of acute phase proteins; amino acid sequence given in first source; pentraxin is sometimes misspelled as pentaxin; do not confuse with Pitx3, a pituitary homeobox protein; RefSeq NM_002852 (human); see also neuronal pentraxin
Also Known As:
PTX3 protein, human; Ptx3 protein, rat; TNF-stimulated gene 14; TSG-14 protein; TSG-14 protein, human; pentraxin 3; pentraxin related gene, rat; pentraxin-related gene, rapidly induced by IL-1 beta protein, human; pentraxin-related protein 3