A Toll-like receptor recognizes bacterial DNA
10.1038/35047123
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Hemmi, H., Takeuchi, O., Kawai, T., Kaisho, T., Sato, S., Sanjo, H., Matsumoto, M., Hoshino, K., Wagner, H., Takeda, K., & Akira, S. (2000). A Toll-like receptor recognizes bacterial DNA. Nature, 408(6813), 740–745.

Authors 11
  1. Hiroaki Hemmi (first)
  2. Osamu Takeuchi (additional)
  3. Taro Kawai (additional)
  4. Tsuneyasu Kaisho (additional)
  5. Shintaro Sato (additional)
  6. Hideki Sanjo (additional)
  7. Makoto Matsumoto (additional)
  8. Katsuaki Hoshino (additional)
  9. Hermann Wagner (additional)
  10. Kiyoshi Takeda (additional)
  11. Shizuo Akira (additional)
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@article{Hemmi_2000, title={A Toll-like receptor recognizes bacterial DNA}, volume={408}, ISSN={1476-4687}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35047123}, DOI={10.1038/35047123}, number={6813}, journal={Nature}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Hemmi, Hiroaki and Takeuchi, Osamu and Kawai, Taro and Kaisho, Tsuneyasu and Sato, Shintaro and Sanjo, Hideki and Matsumoto, Makoto and Hoshino, Katsuaki and Wagner, Hermann and Takeda, Kiyoshi and Akira, Shizuo}, year={2000}, month=dec, pages={740–745} }