Molecular cloning and expression analysis of peptidase genes in the fish-pathogenic scuticociliate Miamiensis avidus

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Seo, Jung Soo ^a   Jeon, Eun Ji ^a   Jung, Sung Hee ^a   Park, Myoung Ae ^a   Kim, Jin Woo ^a   Kim, Ki Hong ^b   Woo, Sung Ho ^b   Lee, Eun Hye ^a  

^a National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Miamiensis avidus; Peptidases; RT PCR; Scuticociliates

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; MIAMIENSIS AVIDUS; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CILIATE; CILIATE INFECTION; FISH DISEASE; FLOUNDER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PARASITOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FISH DISEASES; FLOUNDER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, PROTOZOAN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872136235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-10     Document Type: Article

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