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Nature Immunology  4, 1159 - 1160 (2003)
doi:10.1038/ni1203-1159

TLR5 takes aim at bacterial propeller

Jean-Marc Reichhart

Jean-Marc Reichhart is at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UPR9022, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 15 rue René Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg, France. jm.reichhart@ibmc.u-strasbg.fr

The Toll-like receptor (TLR) family targets pathogen-derived molecules in regions unlikely to change under selection pressures. For TLR5, which recognizes the protein flagellin, the function of the targeting motif is key.

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