The Diverse Transformer (Trf) Protein Family in the Sea Urchin <i>Paracentrotus lividus</i> Acts through a Collaboration between Cellular and Humoral Immune Effector Arms
Sea urchins are long-living marine invertebrates with a complex innate immune system, which includes expanded families of immune receptors. A central immune gene family in sea urchins encodes the Transformer (Trf) proteins. The Trf family has been studied mainly in the purple sea urchin <i>Str...
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MDPI AG
2021-06-01
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Series: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/13/6639 |