Changes in Caenorhabditis elegans life span and selective innate immune genes during Staphylococcus aureus infection

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 373-380

  JebaMercy, Gnanasekaran ^a   Pandian, Shunmugiah Karutha ^a   Balamurugan, Krishnaswamy ^a  

^a ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; LECTIN; LYSOZYME;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYSTEINE PROTEASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MURAMIDASE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80053921544     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-011-0060-y     Document Type: Article

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