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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 4.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2006 Jul 13;292(1):G6–10. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00275.2006

Table 1.

Glossary of alternative names for members of the NOD-LRR (CATERPILLER) family

Name Alternative Names
Class II transactivator MHC2TA
Cryopyrin CRL1.1, PYPAF1, NALP3, CIAS1
IL-1β-converting enzyme-protease-activating factor CLR2.1, CARD12, CLAN
Monarch-1 CLR19.3, PYPAF7, NALP12, RNO2, PAN6
Nod1 CLR7.1, CARD4
Nod2 CLR16.3, CARD15

For more extensive details on nomenclature, please see Refs. 9 and 20. NoD, nucleotide-binding domain; LRR, leucine-rich repeat.