Gene expression associated with white syndromes in a reef building coral, Acropora hyacinthus

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wright, Rachel M ^a   Aglyamova, Galina V ^a   Meyer, Eli ^b   Matz, Mikhail V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral disease; Gene expression; Innate immunity; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA HYACINTHUS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CORAL REEF; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PALAU; RNA SEQUENCE; TISSUE REPAIR; VIBRIOSIS; WHITE SYNDROME; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACROPORA HYACINTHUS; ANTHOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEFS; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84929145828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1540-2     Document Type: Article

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