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ReceptorPattern recognition receptorInnate immune systemBiologyCell biologySignal transductionTumor necrosis factor alphaImmune receptorFunction (biology)Toll-like receptorImmunologyPathogen-associated molecular patternGenetics
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- review
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- 2
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- 8
- Pages
- 675-680
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- 4726
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Shizuo Akira,
Kiyoshi Takeda,
Tsuneyasu Kaisho
(2001).
Toll-like receptors: critical proteins linking innate and acquired immunity.
Nature Immunology
, 2
(8)
, 675-680.
https://doi.org/10.1038/90609
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- 10.1038/90609