Evidence of molecular toll-like receptor mechanisms in teleosts

Fish Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Takano, Tomokazu ^a   Hwang, Seong Don ^b   Kondo, Hidehiro ^b   Hirono, Ikuo ^b   Aoki, Takashi ^b   Sano, Motohiko ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunity; Pathogen recognition; Pattern recognition receptor; Teleost; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77953238536     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.45.1     Document Type: Review

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