This antibody response was of great functional importance because, despite the loss of systemic ignorance to intestinal microbes, the mice were tolerant of the bacteria. (science.sciencemag.org)
Dr Eugene Makeyev, last author from the CDN said «We are convinced that additional research in this area will further emphasize functional importance of isoform co-expression at a single - cell level.» (sciencedaily.com)
Their interest was in understanding the functional importance of genes inherited from archaic humans more broadly. (sciencedaily.com)