Nesrin Erkol
Turkish
The human Nod-like Receptor (NLR) family has been discovered within the last decade and studies on its 23 members have been rapidly accumulating. Among the members with defined functions NOD1 and NOD2 have been shown to detect bacteria specific macromolecular components, namely parts of peptidoglycan, once they have reached the cytoplasm.
A fundamental problem common to the development of most sensory systems is the generation of functionally distinct neuronal cell types. The visual system constitutes a unique model to study the generation of cellular diversity within an otherwise homogeneous neuronal population.