High Virulence of Wolbachia after Host Switching: When Autophagy Hurts

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Le Clec'h, Winka ^a   Braquart Varnier, Christine ^a   Raimond, Maryline ^a   Ferdy, Jean Baptiste ^b   Bouchon, Didier ^a   Sicard, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ARMADILLIDIUM VULGARE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSYMBIONT; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HOST SWITCHING; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PORCELLIO; PORCELLIO D DILATATUS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; ISOPODA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VACUOLES; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLIDIUM VULGARE; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PORCELLIO; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84866165048     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002844     Document Type: Article

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