Wolbachia genomes: Revealing the biology of parasitism and mutualism

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 60-65

  Fenn, Katelyn ^a   Blaxter, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BRUGIA MALAYI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUGIA MALAYI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; MAMMALIA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 31344467158     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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