Stimulation of Host Immune Defenses by a Small Molecule Protects C. elegans from Bacterial Infection

Read Pukkila-Worley; Rhonda Feinbaum; Natalia V. Kirienko; Jonah Larkins-Ford; Annie L. Conery; Frederick M. Ausubel

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002733

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Stimulation of Host Immune Defenses by a Small Molecule Protects C. elegans from Bacterial Infection

Read Pukkila-Worley,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rhonda Feinbaum,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Natalia V. Kirienko,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jonah Larkins-Ford,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Annie L. Conery,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Frederick M. Ausubel

* E-mail: ausubel@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Stimulation of Host Immune Defenses by a Small Molecule Protects C. elegans from Bacterial Infection

Read Pukkila-Worley,
Rhonda Feinbaum,
Natalia V. Kirienko,
Jonah Larkins-Ford,
Annie L. Conery,
Frederick M. Ausubel

Published: June 14, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002733

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