Evidence of Irf4 Gene, Irf2, Irf8 Genes in an Invertebrate: The Sea Star Asterias rubens

Michel Leclerc and Nicolas

Abstract

IRF4 gene, IRF2 and IRF8 genes have been studied in sea star which is the only invertebrate, to possess these factors, playing a rôle in the immune adaptative immunity of A. rubens.