Behavioral avoidance of pathogenic bacteria by Caenorhabditis elegans

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 465-470

  Meisel, Joshua D ^a   Kim, Dennis H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance behavior; Caenorhabditis elegans; Host pathogen interactions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84922514579     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: 14714981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2014.08.008     Document Type: Review

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