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Nature 437, 484-485 (22 September 2005) | doi:10.1038/437484a; Published online 21 September 2005
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Structural biology: Origins of chemical biodefence
Robert Liddington1 & Laurie Bankston1
Abstract
The idea that complex biological systems can evolve through a series of simple, random events is not universally accepted. The structure of a vital immune protein shows how such evolution can occur at a molecular level.
Before antibodies evolved, primitive multicellular organisms devised a general defence system against bacterial and viral invaders called 'innate immunity'. The system has survived in vertebrates with its core components little changed during the intervening 700 million years1.
- Robert Liddington and Laurie Bankston are at the Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, The Burnham Institute, 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
Email: rlidding@burnham.org
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