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Role of microbiota in postnatal maturation of intestinal T-cell responses
4 Oct 2011
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Taking advantage of their rapid growth and capacity for continuous genetic adaptation, prokaryotes have colonized all possible ecological environments on earth, including the body surfaces of eukaryotes and their gastrointestinal tract. The mammalian gut contains a complex community of 10 bacteria with a meta-genome containing 1500-fold more genes than the human genome. The forces that control...
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