Molecular evolution of vertebrate Toll-like receptors: Evolutionary rate difference between their leucine-rich repeats and their TIR domains
Keywords: TLR, Toll-like receptor; LRR, leucine-rich repeat; TIR, intracellular Toll IL-receptor; ECD, ectodomain; IR, non-LRR island region; PAMP, pathogen-associated molecular patternTLR family; Leucine rich repeats; Intracellular Toll IL-receptor domain; Evoluti