Caenorhabditis elegans as a model for plant-parasitic nematodes

Nematology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-16

  Costa, Joana C ^a   Lilley, Catherine J ^a   Urwin, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Model organism; Neurobiology; RNAi

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENOMICS; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; RNA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 33947122618     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: 13885545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854107779969664     Document Type: Review

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