More than skin deep: Functional genomic basis for resistance to amphibian chytridiomycosis

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 286-298

  Ellison, Amy R ^a   Tunstall, Tate ^b   Direnzo, Graziella V ^b   Hughey, Myra C ^c   Rebollar, Eria A ^d   Belden, Lisa K ^c   Harris, Reid N ^d   Ibáñez, Roberto ^e   Lips, Karen R ^b   Zamudio, Kelly R ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

amphibian immunity; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; comparative transcriptomics; immunogenomics; immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ANIMAL; ANURA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SKIN; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOMICS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SKIN; SPLEEN;

EID: 84928265473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu285     Document Type: Article

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