Deep transcriptome sequencing of Pecten maximus hemocytes: A genomic resource for bivalve immunology

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 154-165

  Pauletto, Marianna ^a   Milan, Massimo ^a   Moreira, Rebeca ^b   Novoa, Beatriz ^b   Figueras, Antonio ^b   Babbucci, Massimiliano ^a   Patarnello, Tomaso ^a   Bargelloni, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hemocytes; Innate immunity; Next generation sequencing; Pecten maximus; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD CELL; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PECTEN; PECTEN MAXIMUS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HEMOCYTES; INNATE IMMUNITY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PECTEN MAXIMUS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEFENSINS; GENE LIBRARY; HEMOCYTES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PECTEN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPAIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84894034705     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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