Inactivation of conserved C. elegans genes engages pathogen- and xenobiotic-associated defenses

Cell

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 452-466

  Melo, Justine A ^a,b   Ruvkun, Gary ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOBIOTIC STRESS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84859765702     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.02.050     Document Type: Article

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