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N-terminal binding site in the human toll-like receptor 3 ectodomain.
Nucleic acids symposium series (2004) - 1 Jan 2007
Watanabe Tomoya, Tokisue Takashi, Tsujita Tadayuki, Matsumoto Misako, Seya Tsukasa, Nishikawa Satoshi, Hasegawa Tsunemi, Fukuda Kotaro
Abstract excerpt
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are an essential component of the innate immune response to microbial pathogens. TLR3 is localized in intracellular compartments such as endosomes and signals in response to virus-derived dsRNA. The TLR3 ectodomain (ECD), which is implicated in dsRNA recognition, is a horseshoe-shaped solenoid composed of 23 leucine-rich repeats (LRRs). Recent mutagenesis studies on TLR3 ECD revealed...
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