Wolbachia as an "infectious" extrinsic factor manipulating host signaling pathways

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Negri, Ilaria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Koiné Environmental Consulting S n c   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecdysone; Epigenetic; Insulin; Nuclear receptors; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872487259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00115     Document Type: Article

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