Revealing the molecular signatures of host-pathogen interactions

Genome Biol. 2011 Oct 19;12(10):229. doi: 10.1186/gb-2011-12-10-229.

Abstract

Advances in sequencing technology and genome-wide association studies are now revealing the complex interactions between hosts and pathogen through genomic variation signatures, which arise from evolutionary co-existence.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dengue / genetics
  • Dengue / immunology
  • Dengue / virology
  • Dengue Virus / genetics
  • Dengue Virus / immunology
  • Dengue Virus / pathogenicity
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
  • Genetic Variation*
  • Genome, Protozoan
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions*
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum / genetics
  • Malaria, Falciparum / immunology
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
  • Meningococcal Infections / genetics
  • Meningococcal Infections / immunology
  • Meningococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Neisseria meningitidis / genetics
  • Neisseria meningitidis / immunology
  • Neisseria meningitidis / pathogenicity
  • Plasmodium falciparum / genetics
  • Plasmodium falciparum / immunology
  • Plasmodium falciparum / pathogenicity
  • Selection, Genetic