The role of the cytochrome B and cytochrome C oxidase III genes in the immune response of the South African abalone, Haliotis midae

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dc.contributor.authorJanse van Rensburg, Marikeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-30T17:38:33Z
dc.date.available2014-07-30T17:38:33Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 80-89).
dc.description.abstractAlthough South Africa is the second largest producer of abalone outside Asia, the sustainability of the industry could be threatened by infectious diseases (Troell et ai., 2006). Probiotics are increasingly being viewed as an alternative to chemical and antibiotic treatments (Balcazar et al., 2006), and have been shown to improve the health of the South African abalone, Haliotis midae (Macey and Coyne, 2005). In order to establish better health management systems, and to implement alternative therapies such as probiotics, a better understanding of how the abalone immune system functions, and specifically how it responds to stimulation, is necessary. Two genes of the electron transport system, cytochrome b and cytochrome c oxidase III, were found to be upregulated in a cDNA microarray experiment performed on haemocytes from immunestimulated abalone (Arendze-Bailey, unpublished). The current study sought to confirm these results by semi-quantitative PCR and to further elucidate the roles of these genes, and thus the electron transport system, in the abalone immune response.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationJanse van Rensburg, M. (2007). <i>The role of the cytochrome B and cytochrome C oxidase III genes in the immune response of the South African abalone, Haliotis midae</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Molecular and Cell Biology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4275en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationJanse van Rensburg, Marike. <i>"The role of the cytochrome B and cytochrome C oxidase III genes in the immune response of the South African abalone, Haliotis midae."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4275en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJanse van Rensburg, M. 2007. The role of the cytochrome B and cytochrome C oxidase III genes in the immune response of the South African abalone, Haliotis midae. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Janse van Rensburg, Marike AB - Although South Africa is the second largest producer of abalone outside Asia, the sustainability of the industry could be threatened by infectious diseases (Troell et ai., 2006). Probiotics are increasingly being viewed as an alternative to chemical and antibiotic treatments (Balcazar et al., 2006), and have been shown to improve the health of the South African abalone, Haliotis midae (Macey and Coyne, 2005). In order to establish better health management systems, and to implement alternative therapies such as probiotics, a better understanding of how the abalone immune system functions, and specifically how it responds to stimulation, is necessary. Two genes of the electron transport system, cytochrome b and cytochrome c oxidase III, were found to be upregulated in a cDNA microarray experiment performed on haemocytes from immunestimulated abalone (Arendze-Bailey, unpublished). The current study sought to confirm these results by semi-quantitative PCR and to further elucidate the roles of these genes, and thus the electron transport system, in the abalone immune response. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - The role of the cytochrome B and cytochrome C oxidase III genes in the immune response of the South African abalone, Haliotis midae TI - The role of the cytochrome B and cytochrome C oxidase III genes in the immune response of the South African abalone, Haliotis midae UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4275 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/4275
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationJanse van Rensburg M. The role of the cytochrome B and cytochrome C oxidase III genes in the immune response of the South African abalone, Haliotis midae. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4275en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherCell Biologyen_ZA
dc.titleThe role of the cytochrome B and cytochrome C oxidase III genes in the immune response of the South African abalone, Haliotis midaeen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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