C. Elegans As a New Tractable Host to Study Infections by Animal Pathogenic Oomycetes

Overview

Journal PLoS Pathog

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2021 Mar 4

PMID 33662043

Citations 3

Authors

Manish Grover

Michalis Barkoulas

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