A nematode symbiont sheds light on invertebrate immunity

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 514-517

  ffrench Constant, Richard H ^a   Eleftherianos, Ioannis ^b   Reynolds, Stuart E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTORHABDUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WORM;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; PHOTORHABDUS; RHABDITOIDEA; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; PHOTORHABDUS;

EID: 35649021724     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2007.08.021     Document Type: Short Survey

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