Identification and expression analysis of two Toll-like receptor genes from sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus)

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 147-158

  Sun, Hongjuan ^a,b   Zhou, Zunchun ^a   Dong, Ying ^a   Yang, Aifu ^a   Jiang, Bei ^a   Gao, Shan ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a   Guan, Xiaoyan ^a   Wang, Bai ^a   Wang, Xiuli ^b  

^a LIAONING OCEAN AND FISHERIES SCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b DALIAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AjTLR3; AjToll; Apostichopus japonicus; Expression analysis; Sea cucumber

Indexed keywords

APOSTICHOPUS JAPONICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HOLOTHUROIDEA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTOSTOMIA; RNA VIRUSES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84871616542     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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