NAME: Karen S. Coats
DEPT: Biological Sciences
ORGANIZATION: Mississippi State University
ADDRESS: P.O. Box GY Mississippi State, MS 39762
TELEPHONE No: 662-325-8252
FAX No: 662-325-7939
E MAIL ADDRESS: kcoats@biology.msstate.edu
TITLE: Associate Professor
TOTAL GRANTS: 1 active
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS: 20
MEMBERSHIPS ON EDITORIAL BOARDS: Frontiers in Bioscience

SUBJECT(S) OF RESEARCH: Feline immunodeficiency virus; transplacental viral transmission; reproductive immunology;
DISCIPLINE(S): Virology; immunology; placental biology
ORGAN SYSTEMS: Cat model
TISSUES:
CELL(S): Primary leukocytes; CrFK; BeWo
MOLECULE(S): DNA; RNA; protein
TECHNIQUE(S): Conventional and real time PCR; tissue culture; molecular biology; virus quantitation