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Preferred term

Toll-Like Receptors  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A family of pattern recognition receptors characterized by an extracellular leucine-rich domain and a cytoplasmic domain that share homology with the INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR and the DROSOPHILA toll protein. Following pathogen recognition, toll-like receptors recruit and activate a variety of SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEINS.

Entry terms

  • Receptors, Toll-Like
  • Toll-Like Receptor

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BB4HJTRK-Z

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