Reverse transcriptase activity associated with haemic neoplasia in the soft-shell clam Mya arenaria

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-63

  AboElkhair, M ^a   Siah, A ^a   Clark, K F ^a   McKenna, P ^a   Pariseau, J ^a,b   Greenwood, S J ^a   Berthe, F C J ^c   Cepica, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Haemic neoplasia; Mya arenaria; PERT; Polyploidy; Product enhanced reverse transcriptase assay; Reverse transcriptase; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

BIOASSAY; BIVALVE; DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETIOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POLYPLOIDY; REAL TIME;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; RETROVIRIDAE; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

BIVALVIA; MAMMALIA; MYA; MYA ARENARIA;

EID: 63449138787     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02038     Document Type: Article

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