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Evolutionary origin of peptidoglycan recognition proteins in vertebrate innate immune system

BACKGROUND: Innate immunity is the ancient defense system of multicellular organisms against microbial infection. The basis of this first line of defense resides in the recognition of unique motifs conserved in microorganisms, and absent in the host. Peptidoglycans, structural components of bacteria...

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Autores principales: Montaño, Adriana M, Tsujino, Fumi, Takahata, Naoyuki, Satta, Yoko
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3071341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21439073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-79