Sequence analysis of a normalized cDNA library of Mytilus edulis hemocytes exposed to Vibrio splendidus LGP32 strain

Results in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-50

  Tanguy, Marion ^a,b,c   McKenna, Patty ^c   Gauthier Clerc, Sophie ^b   Pellerin, Jocelyne ^b   Danger, Jean Michel ^a   Siah, Ahmed ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^d British Columbia Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

454 Pyrosequencing; Hemocyte; Mytilus edulis; Transcriptome; Vibrio splendidus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBRINOGEN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LYSOSOME; MYTILUS EDULIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; RNA SEQUENCE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO SPLENDIDUS;

EID: 84878907949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22112839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rinim.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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