Enhanced bacterial disease resistance of transgenic channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus possessing cecropin genes

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 338-344

  Dunham, Rex A ^a   Warr, Gregory W ^b   Nichols, Amy ^a,c   Duncan, Patricia L ^a,d   Argue, Brad ^a,e   Middleton, Darlene ^b   Kucuktas, Huseyin ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Jackson State University   (United States)

^e Moana Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Cecropin; Disease resistance; Transgenic fish

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FISH CULTURE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CATFISH; CECROPIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EDWARDSIELLA ICTALURI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; HYALOPHORA CECROPIA; ICTALURUS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0036069316     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-002-0024-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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