De novo characterization of Japanese scallop Mizuhopecten yessoensis transcriptome and analysis of its gene expression following cadmium exposure.

BACKGROUND: Japanese scallop has been cultured on a large-scale in China for many years. However, serious marine pollution in recent years has resulted in considerable loss to this industry. Moreover, due to the lack of genomic resources, limited research has been carried out on this species. To fac...

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Main Authors: Xiao-lin Meng, Mei Liu, Ke-yong Jiang, Bao-jie Wang, Xue Tian, Shu-juan Sun, Zuo-yong Luo, Chu-wen Qiu, Lei Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3669299?pdf=render