Germ-free mice model for studying host–microbial interactions

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1438, Issue , 2016, Pages 123-135

  Bhattarai, Yogesh ^a   Kashyap, Purna C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Germ free; Gnotobiotic; Gut microbiome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GERMFREE MOUSE; GNOTOBIOTICS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; AXENIC CULTURE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AXENIC CULTURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY; MICE; OBESITY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 84966431200     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3661-8_8     Document Type: Article

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