Identification of the first Toll-like receptor gene in passerine birds: TLR4 orthologue in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

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Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-41

  Vinkler, M ^a,b   Bryjova A ^a   Albrecht, T ^a,b   Bryja, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Avian immunogenetics; Comparative immunology; Evolutionary immunology; Innate immunity; Parasite detection; Pattern recognition receptor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; LEUCINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE MARROW; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPLEEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EXONS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 66949152875     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2009.01273.x     Document Type: Article

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