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A hemocyte gene expression signature correlated with predictive capacity of oysters to survive Vibrio infections.
BMC genomics - 18 Jun 2012
Rosa Rafael Diego, de Lorgeril Julien, Tailliez Patrick, Bruno Roman, Piquemal David, Bachère Evelyne
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BACKGROUND: The complex balance between environmental and host factors is an important determinant of susceptibility to infection. Disturbances of this equilibrium may result in multifactorial diseases as illustrated by the summer mortality syndrome, a worldwide and complex phenomenon that affects the oysters, Crassostrea gigas. The summer mortality syndrome reveals a physiological intolerance making this oyster...
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