Pattern Recognition Molecules and Immune Sensors of Pathogens Friday, July 3, 2009, Hall Prague C-D Diverse Effectors (FREPS, 185s and others) 10:30-10:50 Genome level diversification of freps in hemocytes of the gastropod mollusc Biomphalaria glabrata Adema C.M., Lun C.M., Gauntt J., Zhang S.-M., Loker E.S. 10:50-11:10 Comparison of 185/333 gene and message sequences from the purple sea urchin suggests post-transcriptional modifications as a mechanism for immunological diversification Buckley K.M., Terwilliger D.P., Smith L.C. 11:10-11:30 Assembly and analysis of a 185/333 gene cluster from the purple sea urchin: putative microsatellite-mediated gene duplication of this highly variable family Miller C.A., Buckley K.M., Easley R., Smith L.C. 11:30-11:50 Localization of the 185/333 proteins in cells and organs of the purple sea urchin. Majeske, A.J., T.K. Oleksyk and L.C. Smith 11:50-12:10 The 185/333 proteins from the purple sea urchin, Stongylocentrotus purpuratus, bind bacteria. Schrankel, C. S., Y.O. Kim, L. C. Smith 12:10-12:30 Diversity and defense: characterisation of a highly variable gene family in the sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma Nair S.V., Roth M., Dheilly N.M., Raftos D.A.