The avian Toll-Like receptor pathway-Subtle differences amidst general conformity

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 967-973

  Cormican, Paul ^a   Lloyd, Andrew T ^a   Downing, Tim ^a   Connell, Sarah J ^a   Bradley, Dan ^a   O'Farrelly, Cliona ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Defensin; Gene conversion; Positive selection; Toll Like receptor

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; CATHELICIDIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMOSOME 3; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLIFORMES; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOSS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENETICS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AVES; MAMMALIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67349108785     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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