Prediction of the prototype of the human Toll-like receptor gene family from the pufferfish, Fugu rubripes, genome

Immunogenetics

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 791-800

  Oshiumi, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsujita, Tadayuki ^a,b   Shida, Kyoko ^a   Matsumoto, Misako ^a   Ikeo, Kazuho ^c   Seya, Tsukasa ^a,b  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fish Toll like receptors; Innate immunity; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 21; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 22; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; FUGU RUBRIPES; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; INSECT; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PUFFER FISH; RECEPTOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; FUGU RUBRIPES; HALOCYNTHIA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; PISCES; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 0037303847     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-002-0519-8     Document Type: Article

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