RNA-Seq-Based Metatranscriptomic and Microscopic Investigation Reveals Novel Metalloproteases of Neobodo sp. as Potential Virulence Factors for Soft Tunic Syndrome in Halocynthia roretzi

• Ho Bin Jang,

  Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center of WCU Project, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea

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• Young Kyu Kim,

  Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center of WCU Project, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea

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• Carmelo S. del Castillo,

  Current address: Marine Animal Diseases Laboratory, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

  Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center of WCU Project, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea

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• Seong Won Nho,

  Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center of WCU Project, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea

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• In Seok Cha,

  Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center of WCU Project, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea

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• Seong Bin Park,

  Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center of WCU Project, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea

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• Mi Ae Ha,

  Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center of WCU Project, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea

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• Jun-ichi Hikima,

  Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center of WCU Project, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea

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• Sung Jong Hong,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Environmental Biology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, DongJak-Gu, Seoul, South Korea

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• Takashi Aoki,

  Affiliations Aquatic Biotechnology Center of WCU Project, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea, Consolidated Research Institute for Advanced Science and Medical Care, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Tae Sung Jung

  * E-mail: jungts@gnu.ac.kr

  Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center of WCU Project, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea

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