The surprisingly complex immune gene repertoire of a simple sponge, exemplified by the NLR genes: A capacity for specificity?

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 269-274

  Degnan, Sandie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphimedon; Leucine rich repeats; NACHT domain; Pattern recognition receptors; Porifera; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMPHIMEDON QUEENSLANDICA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEUCINE RICH PROTEIN DOMAIN; NLR GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPONGE (PORIFERA); ANIMAL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

AMPHIMEDON; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PORIFERA; VERTEBRATA;

PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; PORIFERA; RECEPTORS, PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 84918535579     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: 18790089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.07.012     Document Type: Review

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