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Virulence test using nematodes to prescreen Nocardia species capable of inducing neurodegeneration a...

Virulence test using nematodes to prescreen Nocardia species capable of inducing neurodegeneration a...

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Virulence test using nematodes to prescreen Nocardia species capable of inducing neurodegeneration and behavioral disorders

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Virulence test using nematodes to prescreen Nocardia species capable of inducing neurodegeneration and behavioral disorders

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San Diego: PeerJ, Inc

Journal title

PeerJ preprints, 2017-08

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English

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San Diego: PeerJ, Inc

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Contents

Background. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a disorder characterized by dopaminergic neuron programmed cell death. The etiology of PD remains uncertain—some cases are due to selected genes associated with familial heredity, others are due to environmental exposure to toxic components, but over 90% of cases have a sporadic origin. Nocardia are Actinobac...

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Virulence test using nematodes to prescreen Nocardia species capable of inducing neurodegeneration and behavioral disorders

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1952465385

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1952465385

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E-ISSN

2167-9843

DOI

10.7287/peerj.preprints.3152v1

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