Transcriptomic analysis of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei, Boone 1931) in response to acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND), caused by marine bacteria Vibrio Parahaemolyticus, is a huge problem in shrimp farms. The V. parahaemolyticus infecting material is contained in a plasmid which encodes for the lethal toxins PirABVp, whose primary target tissue is the hepatopancreas,...

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Main Authors: Adrián E Velázquez-Lizárraga, José Luis Juárez-Morales, Ilie S Racotta, Humberto Villarreal-Colmenares, Oswaldo Valdes-Lopez, Antonio Luna-González, Carmen Rodríguez-Jaramillo, Norma Estrada, Felipe Ascencio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220993