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Molecular analysis of commensal host-microbial relationships in the intestine.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 2 Feb 2001
Hooper L V, Wong M H, Thelin A, Hansson L, Falk P G, Gordon J I
Abstract excerpt
Human beings contain complex societies of indigenous microbes, yet little is known about how resident bacteria shape our physiology. We colonized germ-free mice with Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a prominent component of the normal mouse and human intestinal microflora. Global intestinal transcriptional responses to colonization were observed with DNA microarrays, and the cellular origins of selected responses...
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