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Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 248280, 7 pages
doi:10.5402/2011/248280
Research Article

In Vivo Effects of Antiviral Protein Kinase C Modulators on Zebrafish Development and Survival

Richard V. Davis,1 Lisa N. McKernan,1 Jennifer Rhodes,2 and Joseph Kulkosky1

1Department of Biology, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA 19118, USA
2Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA

Received 20 October 2011; Accepted 13 November 2011

Academic Editors: R. Konig and S. T. Larsen

Copyright © 2011 Richard V. Davis et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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