Insects Diversify One Molecule to Serve Two Systems
- 16 September 2005
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 309 (5742) , 1826-1827
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1118828
Abstract
In his Perspective, Du Pasquier discusses findings of Watson et al. that alternate splicing of the locus encoding the insect homolog of the Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule generates a vast diversity of immunoglobulin superfamily receptors used in the nervous system and in the immune system. Du Pasquier discusses the implications of this situation for the regulation and the evolution of this locus.Keywords
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