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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
Innate immunity in plants and animals shares many structural and functional homologies, which suggests an ancient origin of cellular defense mechanisms in both kingdoms. Pathogen sensing in animal innate immunity is mediated by Toll-like receptors (TLRs). These receptors have TIR (Toll/interleukin-1 receptor) domains and leucine-rich repeats, which are modules also present in many plant resistance (R) proteins. Molecular analysis of transcripts encoding animal TLRs and Toll-like plant R proteins revealed many cases of alternative splicing. Recent studies of the tobacco N and the Arabidopsis RPS4 genes, both encoding Toll-like plant R proteins, showed that intron-deprived genes have reduced or no activity, suggesting that alternative splicing is a crucial component in these signaling pathways.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1360-1385
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
392-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Arabidopsis, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Arabidopsis Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Flax, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Genetic Complementation Test, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Immunity, Innate, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Plant Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Plant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Receptors, Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Solanum tuberosum, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Soybeans, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Tobacco, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Toll-Like Receptors, pubmed-meshheading:12234730-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Alternative splicing of transcripts encoding Toll-like plant resistance proteins - what's the functional relevance to innate immunity?
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Genetics, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle, Saale, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't