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Chapter and Conference Paper
Where Simplicity Meets Complexity: Hydra, a Model for Host–Microbe Interactions
For a long time, the main purpose of microbiology and immunology was to study pathogenic bacteria and infectious disease; the potential benefit of commensal bacteria remained unrecognised. Discovering that ind...
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Chapter
Hydra Go Bacterial
This chapter provides an overview of how the basal metazoan Hydra serves as model for untangling and dissecting the fundamental principles underlying complex host–microbe interactions.
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Article
A Dickkopf-3-related gene is expressed in differentiating nematocytes in the basal metazoan Hydra
In vertebrate development the Dickkopf protein family carries out multiple functions and is represented by at least four different genes with distinct biological activities. In invertebrates such as Drosophila an...