A novel method for infecting Drosophila adult flies with insect pathogenic nematodes

Virulence

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 339-347

  Castillo, Julio Cesar ^a   Shokal, Upasana ^a   Eleftherianos, Ioannis ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Heterorhabditis; Infection model; Model host; Nematode parasitism; Photorhabdus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYMPH; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT GENETICS; LARVA; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS;

EID: 84862889719     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.20244     Document Type: Article

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