Caenorhabditis elegans as a simple model host for Vibrio vulnificus infection

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 346, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 751-757

  Dhakal, Bijaya Kumar ^a   Lee, Wonhae ^a   Kim, Young Ran ^b   Choy, Hyon E ^c   Ahnn, Joohong ^a   Rhee, Joon Haeng ^c  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Dongshin University   (South Korea)

^c National Research Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C. elegans; CRP; Pathogenesis; rtxA; Vibrio vulnificus; vvhA; vvpE

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE DISTENSION; INTRACELLULAR KILLING; LABORATORY; LIFESPAN; MAMMAL; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE; WORM;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICE; MUTATION; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 33745447127     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.05.168     Document Type: Article

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