Functional polymorphisms in Toll-like receptor genes for innate immunity in farm animals

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Novák, Karel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

CSNP; DNA polymorphism; EPR; Health traits; Indel; Innate immunity; NcSNP; NGS; NsSNP; PAMP; QTL; SCS; SNP; Toll like receptors

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 10; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 11; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATTLE DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 6; COMMENSALISM; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DROSOPHILA; EXON; FARM ANIMAL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDEL MUTATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; KERATINOCYTE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MASTITIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RADIATION HYBRID MAPPING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

CODING SNP; CSNP; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPR; HEALTH TRAITS; INDEL; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSERTION-DELETION POLYMORPHISM; NCSNP; NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING; NGS; NON-CODING SNPS; NONSYNONYMOUS SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; NSSNP; PAMP; PATHOGEN-ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERN; QTL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SCS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SNP; SOMATIC CELL SCORE; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 84890178347     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2013.10.016     Document Type: Review

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