Drosophila melanogaster as a model host for studying Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

Nature Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1285-1294

  Apidianakis, Yiorgos ^a,b   Rahme, Laurence G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Shriners Burns Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENE INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUMP; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 70249086931     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2009.124     Document Type: Article

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