Genetic and molecular analysis of nematode-microbe interactions

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-507

  Tan, Man Wah ^a,d   Shapira, Michael ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Graduate Group in Microbiology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMMENSALISM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROORGANISM; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; TAXON;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; NEMATODA;

EID: 79952634846     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2011.01570.x     Document Type: Review

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