Comparison of 30 immunity-related genes from the common marmoset with orthologues from human and mouse.

In the evolution of primates, the common marmoset belongs to the new world monkey family and is distinct from the great ape family (which includes humans). In this study, we predicted the amino acid sequences of 30 immunity-related genes from the common marmoset and compared them with those from human and mouse. The domain composition of each orthologous protein was analyzed by the SMART tool and was found to be the same among the three species.

Identification of thirty-four transcripts expressed specifically in hemocytes of Ciona intestinalis and their expression profiles throughout the life cycle.

The innate immunity of ascidian hemocytes is considered to be a prototype of that in vertebrates. In this study, we identified as many transcripts as possible that were expressed specifically in hemocytes of Ciona intestinalis, a ubiquitous species of ascidian. Using a large-scale whole-mount in situ hybridization (WISH) technique and young adult specimens of C.