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The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) genome and identification of innate immunity genes and clusters

BACKGROUND: We report the sequencing, assembly and analysis of the genome of the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), the largest extant lizard, with a focus on antimicrobial host-defense peptides. The Komodo dragon diet includes carrion, and a complex milieu of bacteria, including potentially patho...

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Autores principales: van Hoek, Monique L., Prickett, M. Dennis, Settlage, Robert E., Kang, Lin, Michalak, Pawel, Vliet, Kent A., Bishop, Barney M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6716921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31470795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-6029-y