A Hypervariable Invertebrate Allodeterminant
Nicotra ML, Powell AE, Rosengarten RD, Moreno M, Grimwood J, Lakkis FG, Dellaporta SL, Buss LW. A Hypervariable Invertebrate Allodeterminant. Current Biology 2009, 19: 583-589. PMID: 19303297, PMCID: PMC2681180, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.02.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsColonial marine invertebratesGreatest sequence similarityPutative transmembrane receptorField-derived strainChimeric coloniesInvertebrate allorecognitionMarine invertebratesLower metazoansSequence similarityIntraspecific competitionTransmembrane receptorsHydractinia symbiolongicarpusMolecular basisExtracellular domainHistocompatibility responsesAllorecognition responsesInvertebratesModel systemGenesColoniesMetazoansCnidariansProtochordatesVertebratesPhyla