Characterisation of Toll-like receptors 4, 5 and 7 and their genetic variation in the grey partridge

Genetica

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 101-112

  Vinkler, Michal ^a   Bainová, Hana ^a   Bryjová, Anna ^a,b   Tomášek, Oldřich ^a,b   Albrecht, Tomáš ^a,b   Bryja, Josef ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Gene transcription; Pattern recognition receptors; Polymorphism; Population decrease; Protein structure; Variability reduction

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GALLIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GALLIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 7;

EID: 84925498872     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: 15736857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-015-9819-4     Document Type: Article

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