Towards an understanding of the molecular basis of immune responses in sponges: The marine demosponge Geodia cydonium as a model

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 219-236

  Müller, Werner E G ^a   Koziol, Claudia ^a   Müller, Isabel M ^a   Wiens, Matthias ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation factor; Aggregation receptor; Allorecognition; Evolution; Geodia cydonium; Immune response; Immunoglobulin like molecules; Phenylalanine hydroxylase; Receptor tyrosine kinase; SCR module; Sponges; SRCR module

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; AMINO ACIDS; CELL MEMBRANES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENETIC; RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGGREGATION FACTORS; AGGREGATION RECEPTOR; ALLORECOGNITION; EVOLUTION; GEODIA CYDONIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN-LIKE MOLECULE; PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE; RECEPTOR-TYROSINE KINASE; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR CYSTEINE-RICH MODULE; SHORT CONSENSUS REPEAT MODULE; SPONGE;

IMMUNE SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBRONECTIN; GALECTIN; INTEGRIN; RIBOSOME RNA; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TAXONOMY;

EID: 6544289518     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990215)44:4<219::AID-JEMT3>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Review

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