Manifold mechanisms of toll-like receptor-ligand recognition

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 511-521

  Ishii, Ken J ^a,b   Coban, Cevayir ^a,b   Akira, Shizuo ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Innate immunity; Ligands; PRRs; TLR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIGAND; LIPID; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIGANDS; RECEPTORS, PATTERN RECOGNITION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 29444441343     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: 15732592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-005-7829-1     Document Type: Review

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