Profiling of infection specific mRNA transcripts of the European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), one of the most extensively cultured species in European aquaculture productions, is, along with the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), a prospective model species for the Perciformes which includes several other commercially important species. Massive mortalities may be caused by bacterial or viral infections in intensive aquaculture production. Revealing transcripts involved in immune response and studying their relative expression enhances the understanding of the immune response mechanism and consequently also the creation of vaccines. The analysis of expressed sequence tags (EST) is an efficient and easy approach for gene discovery, comparative genomics and for examining gene expression in specific tissues in a qualitati

SUBMITTER: Sarropoulou E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2674461 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature