Ewbank, Jonathan.

Innate immunity in C. elegans [electronic resource] / Innate immunity in Caenorhabditis elegans Jonathan Ewbank. - London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2011. - 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (32 min.) : color, sound). - Innate immunity : host recognition and response in health and disease, 2056-452X . - Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Innate immunity : host recognition and response in health and disease. .

Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration. Title from title frames. Updated version of a talk first published in 2009.

Contents: Anatomy of C. elegans -- C. elegans as an experimental animal -- Pheromone signalling and pathogen detection -- Specific and general transcriptional responses to bacterial infection -- Necrosis -- Fungal infection and injury induce antimicrobial peptide genes -- Signal transduction pathways that control antimicrobial peptide gene expression.

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Caenorhabditis elegans.
Invertebrates--Immunology.
Natural immunity.
Anti-Infective Agents--metabolism.
Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides--metabolism.
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins--metabolism.
Caenorhabditis elegans--anatomy & histology.
Caenorhabditis elegans--immunology.
Epidermis--immunology.
Fungi--immunology.
Immunity, Innate.
Infection--immunology.
Models, Animal.
Pheromones.
Signal Transduction--physiology.
Wound Healing--physiology.
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