Presence of Tube isoforms in Litopenaeus vannamei suggests various regulatory patterns of signal transduction in invertebrate NF-κB pathway

- The previously reported Litopenaeus vannamei Pelle is really a Tube.
- A real L. vannamei Pelle was identified.
- Isoforms of Tube are present in invertebrates.
- Isoforms of L. vannamei Tube play different roles during immune responses.
- Signal transduction of invertebrate TLR pathway has various regulatory patterns.