Coral immunology and resistance to disease

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-92

  Reed, K C ^a   Muller, E M ^b   Van Woesik, R ^b  

^a Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^b Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acropora millepora; Anthozoan genome; Compromised host hypothesis; Coral; Coral amoebocytes; Coral immunology; Holobiont; Symbionts

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PRO PHENOLOXIDASE; PRO-PHENOLOXIDASE; PROTEIN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENOME; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTIVITY; SYMBIONT; WARMING;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHAGOCYTE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CATECHOL OXIDASE; ENZYME PRECURSORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PHAGOCYTES; PROTEINS;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 77954122490     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02213     Document Type: Article

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