C. elegans germline-deficient mutants respond to pathogen infection using shared and distinct mechanisms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Tekippe, Michael ^a   Aballay, Alejandro ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DAF 16 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DAF-16 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GENETIC REGULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNITY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEMATODA; POSIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; IMMUNITY; LONGEVITY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77955596719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011777     Document Type: Article

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