Transgenic zebrafish expressing chicken lysozyme show resistance against bacterial diseases

Transgenic Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 385-391

  Yazawa, Ryosuke ^a   Hirono, Ikuo ^a   Aoki, Takashi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Keratin promoter; Lysozyme; Transgenic fish; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEN EGG LYSOZYME; LYSOZYME; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; TIME; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALE; MURAMIDASE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DANIO RERIO; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 33745180199     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-0009-0     Document Type: Article

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