Transcriptome Analysis Reveals a Rich Gene Set Related to Innate Immunity in the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica)

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-33

  Zhang, Linlin ^a,b   Li, Li ^a   Zhu, Yabing ^c   Zhang, Guofan ^a   Guo, Ximing ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Apoptosis; Disease; Innate immunity; Mollusca; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

CELL DEATH; DISEASES; GENES; MOLLUSCS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SHELLFISH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTATION; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEINS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIAL PATHOGENS; MOLLUSCA; TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMES;

IMMUNE SYSTEM;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; DISEASE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOLLUSC; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; INTRACISTERNAL A-PARTICLES; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRASSOSTREA; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRASSOSTREA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892901173     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-013-9526-z     Document Type: Article

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