RNAi knock-down of the Litopenaeus vannamei Toll gene (LvToll) significantly increases mortality and reduces bacterial clearance after challenge with Vibrio harveyi

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-58

  Han Ching Wang, KC ^a   Tseng, Chun Wei ^a   Lin, Han You ^a   Chen, I Tung ^a   Chen, Ya Hui ^a   Chen, Yi Min ^a   Chen, Tzong Yueh ^a   Yang, Huey Lang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacterial clearance; Innate immune system; Litopenaeus vannamei; LvToll; Vibrio harveyi

Indexed keywords

ANTI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE FACTOR; ANTIOXIDANT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CRUSTIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PENAEIDIN 2; PENAEIDIN 3; PENAEIDIN 4; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TOLL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HEMOLYMPH; INNATE IMMUNITY; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA ISOLATION; SHRIMP; SURVIVAL RATE; UPREGULATION; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIOSIS; WHITE SPOT SYNDROME VIRUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI; SHRIMP WHITE SPOT SYNDROME VIRUS; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 70349988796     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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