Interkingdom signaling between pathogenic bacteria and Caenorhabditis elegans

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 448-454

  Mellies, Jay L ^a   Lawrence Pine, Emily R ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SIGMA FACTOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TARGETING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG DISCOVERY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; QUORUM SENSING; SIGMA FACTOR; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; MUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 77957012824     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2010.07.002     Document Type: Review

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