Wolbachia pipientis: Intracellular infection and pathogenesis in Drosophila

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-70

  McGraw, Elizabeth A ^a   O'Neill, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN;

ARTHROPOD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CYTOPLASM; DENSITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROSOPHILA; FEMINIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; SYMBIONT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; INSECTA; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 1242298704     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2003.12.003     Document Type: Review

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