The acyltransferase gene bus-1 exhibits conserved and specific expression in nematode rectal cells and reveals pathogen-induced cell swelling

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3762-3776

  Gravato Nobre, Maria J ^a   Hodgkin, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acyltransferase; Bacterial infection; Caenorhabditis briggsae; Caenorhabditis elegans; Epithelial differentiation; Rectal development

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BUS 1 GENE; BUS 18 GENE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SWELLING; EGL 38 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MAB 23 GENE; MAB 9 GENE; MICROBACTERIUM NEMATOPHILUM; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; REPORTER GENE; VULVA;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECTUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MICROBACTERIUM NEMATOPHILUM;

EID: 57149103138     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21792     Document Type: Article

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