Origin of toll-like receptor-mediated innate immunity

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 442-448

  Kanzok, Stefan M ^a   Hoa, Ngo T ^a   Bonizzoni, Mariangela ^b   Luna, Coralia ^a   Huang, Yaming ^a   Malacrida, Anna R ^b   Zheng, Liangbiao ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Coelomate; Innate immunity; Pseudocoelomate; Toll

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINODERM; IMMUNITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA; EXONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTRONS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHORDATA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECHINODERMATA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; PROTOSTOMIA; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 16544379216     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-2565-8     Document Type: Article

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