Drosophila melanogaster as an animal model for the study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm infections in Vivo

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Mulcahy, Heidi ^a   Sibley, Christopher D ^a   Surette, Michael G ^a   Lewenza, Shawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; CECROPIN A1; DIPTERICIN; DNA; DROSOMYCIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE, PSEUDOMONAS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 80055068401     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002299     Document Type: Article

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