The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a model to study viruses

Archives of Virology

Volumn 159, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2843-2851

  Diogo, Jesica ^a   Bratanich, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; VIRAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUS PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; VIRUSES;

EID: 84919392671     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: 14328798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2168-2     Document Type: Review

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