2011
Histocompatibility in an invertebrate is controlled by a complex of polymorphic IgSF-like genes. (170.4)
Nicotra M, Dellaporta S, Buss L. Histocompatibility in an invertebrate is controlled by a complex of polymorphic IgSF-like genes. (170.4). The Journal Of Immunology 2011, 186: 170.4-170.4. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.186.supp.170.4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSingle genomic intervalSophisticated immune systemWild-type coloniesPolymorphic transmembrane proteinCompatible coloniesAllorecognition lociInvertebrate allorecognitionGenomic intervalsPositional cloningReef coralsAllorecognition systemTransmembrane proteinSea squirtExtracellular regionMolecular basisSequence variationGenetic controlGenesAbstract AnimalsIncompatible coloniesAllorecognition responsesHydractiniaCoralsHistocompatibility genesModel system
2009
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
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