Insights into the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) innate immune system: Genetic diversity of the toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) in wild populations and domestic breeds

BMC Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Abrantes, Joana ^a,c   Areal, Helena ^a,b   Esteves, Pedro J ^a,d  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO E FORMAÇÃO AVANÇADA EM CIÊNCIAS E TECNOLOGIAS DA SAÚDE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus); Genetic diversity; RNA virus; Toll like receptor 3 (TLR3)

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FRANCE; GENE POOL; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA VIRUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS REPLICATION;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RNA VIRUSES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; EXONS; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RABBITS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; RNA VIRUSES; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 3;

EID: 84882364866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-14-73     Document Type: Article

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