Caenorhabditis elegans: An emerging genetic model for the study of innate immunity

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 380-390

  Leopold Kurz C ^b   Ewbank, Jonathan J ^a  

^a CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MICROBIAL ENZYME; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SCREENING; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MODELS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0037731431     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg1067     Document Type: Review

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