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Gene products in this category are generally widely conserved across metazoans and many are involved in core biological processes.
Furthermore, the completion of the sequencing of both the Drosophila melanogaster [ 1 ] and Anopheles gambiae [ 2 ] genomes provides the first opportunity for genome-wide comparisons from two metazoans from the same order (Diptera).
The Toll-like receptor family [ 49], which has evolutionary roots throughout invertebrate metazoans for pattern-based recognition of bacterial and fungal cell-surface components [ 50], activate NFκB through convergent pathways involving the IL-1 receptor-associated kinase (IRAK), the adaptor protein MyD88, TRAF6, NFκB-inducing kinase (NIK), and IκB kinase (Iκk) [ 51].
Nematodes are the most abundant and speciose metazoans, and account for up to 80% of the kingdom's members [ 1 ] . Not surprisingly, nematodes have evolved to occupy diverse ecological niches.
The transcription factor E2F is an important regulator of the G1/S phase transition in metazoans and a major target of the tumor suppressor Rb [ 10 ] [ 11 ] . The mechanisms controlling E2F activity have not been completely elucidated.