TY - JOUR
T1 - Response from Jeffrey I. Gordon et al.
T2 - Commensal bacteria make a difference
AU - Gordon, Jeffrey I.
AU - Stappenbeck, Thaddeus S.
AU - Hooper, Lora V.
PY - 2003/4/1
Y1 - 2003/4/1
N2 - The importance of the gut microbiota has been recognized since the days of Pasteur. What makes today different from yesterday, and tomorrow so exciting, is that we now have the tools to identify the molecular mechanisms that regulate assembly of the microbiota and determine how its components affect postnatal mammalian development and adult physiology.
AB - The importance of the gut microbiota has been recognized since the days of Pasteur. What makes today different from yesterday, and tomorrow so exciting, is that we now have the tools to identify the molecular mechanisms that regulate assembly of the microbiota and determine how its components affect postnatal mammalian development and adult physiology.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0966-842X(03)00044-1
DO - 10.1016/S0966-842X(03)00044-1
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 12706987
AN - SCOPUS:0037389830
SN - 0966-842X
VL - 11
SP - 150
EP - 151
JO - Trends in Microbiology
JF - Trends in Microbiology
IS - 4
ER -