Caenorhabditis elegans for the study of host-pathogen interactions

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 142-144

  Kurz, C Léopold ^a   Ewbank, Jonathan J ^a  

^a CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HOST CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034161857     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(99)01691-1     Document Type: Review

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