Characterization of the toll‐like receptor 13 homologs in American bullfrogs, Lithobates catesbeianus, and their involvement in antimicrobial immunity
Peikui Yang,
Jude Juventus Aweya,
Lifan Guo
et al.
Abstract:Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) are an important family of pattern‐recognition receptors that recognize a series of pathogen‐associated molecular patterns to trigger the host immune response. In the present study, we identified three TLR13 genes (i.e., LcLTR13a, LcTLR13b, and LcTLR13c) in American bullfrogs, Lithobates catesbeianus, and explored their constitutive and pathogen‐induced expression profile in different tissues. The open reading frames of LcLTR13a, LcTLR13b and LcTLR13c are 2811, 2844, and 2814 bp long… Show more
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