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Mice that are resistant to lipopolysaccharide have mutations in a Toll–like receptor, implicating members of this family in bacterial endotoxin signaling.
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Ulevitch, R. Endotoxin opens the Toll gates to innate immunity . Nat Med 5, 144–145 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/5504
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