Origin and development of oligoadenylate synthetase immune system

Abstract Background Oligoadenylate synthetases (OASs) are widely distributed in Metazoa including sponges, fish, reptiles, birds and mammals and show large variation, with one to twelve members in any given species. Upon double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) binding, avian and mammalian OASs generate the seco...

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Main Authors: Jiaxiang Hu, Xiaoxue Wang, Yanling Xing, Enguang Rong, Mengfei Ning, Jacqueline Smith, Yinhua Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
OAS
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1315-x