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A large new subset of TRIM genes highly diversified by duplication and positive selection in teleost fish.
BMC biology - 5 Feb 2009
van der Aa Lieke M, Levraud Jean-Pierre, Yahmi Malika, Lauret Emilie, Briolat Valérie, Herbomel Philippe, Benmansour Abdenour, Boudinot Pierre
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BACKGROUND: In mammals, the members of the tripartite motif (TRIM) protein family are involved in various cellular processes including innate immunity against viral infection. Viruses exert strong selective pressures on the defense system. Accordingly, antiviral TRIMs have diversified highly through gene expansion, positive selection and alternative splicing. Characterizing immune TRIMs in other vertebrates may...
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