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Arthropoda: Pattern Recognition Proteins in Crustacean Immunity

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Crustaceans in general are able to mount a robust defense to microorganisms and parasites. They are equipped with pattern recognition proteins (PRPs) capable of binding microbial molecular patterns such as β-1,3-glucans and different bacterial cell wall components. A variety of different reactions are triggered such as prophenoloxidase activation, opsonin formation, phagocytosis, and encapsulation. The crustacean PRPs constitute a large group of proteins consisting of evolutionary highly conserved proteins with a wide presence in several phyla that act side by side with other PRPs that are possibly unique to crustaceans or even groups of crustaceans.

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Cerenius, L., Söderhäll, K. (2018). Arthropoda: Pattern Recognition Proteins in Crustacean Immunity. In: Cooper, E. (eds) Advances in Comparative Immunology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76768-0_10

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