Effect of water pollution on expression of immune response genes of Solea aegyptiaca in Lake Qarun

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1418-1425

  Ali, Fagr Kh ^a   El Shafai, Saber A ^a   Samhan, Farag A ^a   Khalil, Wagdy K B ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Immune genes; Lake Qarun; Pollution; Solea aegyptiaca

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LAKE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; UPREGULATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SOLEA AEGYPTIACA;

EID: 44649189237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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