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Cloning and characterisation of the SpToll gene from green mud crab, Scylla paramamosain.
Developmental and comparative immunology - 1 May 2012
Lin Zhongyang, Qiao Jie, Zhang Yueling, Guo Lingling, Huang He, Yan Fang, Li Yuanyou, Wang Xiuying
Abstract excerpt
Toll/Toll-like receptors (TLRs), one of the most important pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), play a crucial role in innate immune responses in both invertebrates and vertebrates. In this study, we cloned and characterised a Toll gene from Scylla paramamosain (SpToll). Bioinformatic analysis predicted that SpToll contained one open reading frame of 3018bp and encoded a single-pass transmembrane domain protein...
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