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DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 6, Pages 608-612Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2007.11.004
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innate immunity; toll-like receptor; Annelicla; Helobdella; Capitella
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To(Hike receptors (TLRs) are an important part of the innate immunity system and are found throughout the animal kingdom, but have not yet been reported in annelids. We searched shotgun reads of the genomes of the leech Helobdella and potychaete Capitella for TLR homologs. We found 105 TLR homotogs in Capitella and 16 in Helobdella. The deduced phytogeny of these sequences, together with TLRs from other animal phyla, reveals three major clades. One clade consists of a mixture of both vertebrates and invertebrates, including sequences from Capitella and Helobdella, while the other two clades contain only invertebrate TLRs. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All. rights reserved.
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