The genetics of pathogen avoidance in Caenorhabditis elegans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 563-570

  Schulenburg, Hinrich ^a   Ewbank, Jonathan J ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE; SURFACTANT;

ACYLATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, HELMINTH; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 35448934999     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05946.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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