GATA transcription factor as a likely key regulator of the Caenorhabditis elegans innate immune response against gut pathogens

Zoology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 244-253

  Yang, Wentao ^a   Dierking, Katja ^a   Rosenstiel, Philip C ^a   Schulenburg, Hinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; GATA transcription factor; Innate immunity; RNA Seq; WormExp

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FACTUAL DATABASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84977650927     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.05.013     Document Type: Article

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