The caenorhabditis elegans model of legionella infection

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 954, Issue , 2013, Pages 439-461

  Brassinga, Ann Karen C ^a   Sifri, Costi D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial immunopathogenesis; Caenorhabditis elegans; Host model; Innate immunity; Nematode; Survival assay

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLACEAE; NEMATODA;

EID: 84872059300     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-161-5_27     Document Type: Article

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