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Human but not murine toll-like receptor 2 discriminates between tri-palmitoylated and tri-lauroylated peptides.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 12 Nov 2004
Grabiec Alina, Meng Guangxun, Fichte Sylvia, Bessler Wolfgang, Wagner Hermann, Kirschning Carsten J
Abstract excerpt
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) mediate activation of the immune system upon challenge with microbial agonists, components of disintegrating cells of the body, or metabolic intermediates of lipidic nature. Comparison of murine (m) and human (h) TLR2 primary sequences revealed 65% of identical residues within the extracellular domains in contrast to 84% in the intracellular domains. Comparative analysis of TLR2-driven...
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