The Wolbachia endosymbiont as an anti-filarial nematode target

Symbiosis

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-65

  Slatko, Barton E ^a   Taylor, Mark J ^b   Foster, Jeremy M ^a  

^a Molecular Parasitology Division   (United States)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; Drug target; Filaria; Mutualism; Symbiosis; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ARTHROPOD; BACTERIUM; CHEMOTHERAPY; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENOMICS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MORBIDITY; NEMATODE; PARASITIC DISEASE; SYMBIOSIS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTHROPODA; BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIA; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 77955559147     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13199-010-0067-1     Document Type: Article

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