Drosophila melanogaster is susceptible to Vibrio cholerae infection

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 409-415

  Park, Shin Young ^a   Heo, Yun Jeong ^a   Kim, Kun Soo ^a   Cho, You Hee ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Immune Response; Infection; Vibrio; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ATTACIN A; DIPTERICIN; DROSOMYCIN; METCHNIKOWIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; ATTACIN A PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; ATTACIN-A PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOMYCIN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METCHNIKOWIN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; NONHUMAN; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33644850810     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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