Amphibian immune defenses against chytridiomycosis: Impacts of changing environments

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 552-562

  Rollins Smith, Louise A ^a,b,c,d   Ramsey, Jeremy P ^a   Pask, James D ^a   Reinert, Laura K ^a   Woodhams, Douglas C ^d,e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CONFERENCE PAPER; DERMATOMYCOSIS; ENVIRONMENT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SKIN;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DERMATOMYCOSES; ENVIRONMENT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 80053243192     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icr095     Document Type: Conference Paper

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