Immune responses and expression of immune-related genes in swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus exposed to elevated ambient ammonia-N stress

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 246-251

  Yue, Feng ^a   Pan, Luqing ^a   Xie, Peng ^a   Zheng, Debin ^a   Li, Jian ^b  

^a Ocean University of China   (China)

^b YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia N; Anti lipopolysaccharide factor; Crustin; Gene expression; Immune response; Lysozyme; Portunus trituberculatus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; AMMONIA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTE; PORTUNUS TRITUBERCULATUS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PORTUNIDAE; PORTUNUS TRITUBERCULATUS;

EID: 77956188538     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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