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Transcriptome-wide identification, molecular evolution and expression analysis of Toll-like receptor family in a Tibet fish, Gymnocypris przewalskii.
Fish & shellfish immunology - 1 Oct 2015
Tong Chao, Lin Yaqiu, Zhang Cunfang, Shi Jianquan, Qi Hongfang, Zhao Kai
Abstract excerpt
Toll-like receptors (TLR) are key components of innate immunity that play significant roles in immune defense against pathogens invasion. Recent frequent outbreaks of the "white spot disease" caused by parasitic infection in farmed Tibetan fishes had resulted in great economic losses. However, to our knowledge, the roles of TLRs in mediating immune response to parasitic infection in Tibetan fishes remain to be...
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