Independent evolution of Toll and related genes in insects and mammals

Immunogenetics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 92-98

  Luo, Chenghua ^a   Zheng, Liangbiao ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Innate immunity; Insect; Mammal; Phylogeny; Toll

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; TEHAO PROTEIN; TOLL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE CARRIER; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNITY; INSECT; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNGI; GLOSSINA PALPALIS; GLOSSINA PALPALIS PALPALIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034098633     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050017     Document Type: Article

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