High-throughput isolation and mapping of C. elegans mutants susceptible to pathogen infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Fuhrman, Laura E ^a   Shianna, Kevin V ^b   Aballay, Alejandro ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 51449091159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002882     Document Type: Article

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