Dynamic evolution of toll-like receptor multigene families in echinoderms

The genome of the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, was the first to be sequenced from a long-lived large invertebrate. Analysis of this genome uncovered a surprisingly complex immune system in which the moderately sized sets of pattern recognition receptors that form the core of ver...

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Main Authors: Katherine M Buckley, Jonathan P Rast
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00136/full