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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans
SUBMITTER: Amit Sinha
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-43905 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Iatsenko Igor I Sinha Amit A Rödelsperger Christian C Sommer Ralf J RJ
Infection and immunity 20130805 10
Bacillus thuringiensis produces toxins that target invertebrates, including Caenorhabditis elegans. Virulence of Bacillus strains is often highly specific, such that B. thuringiensis strain DB27 is highly pathogenic to C. elegans but shows no virulence for another model nematode, Pristionchus pacificus. To uncover the underlying mechanisms of the differential responses of the two nematodes to B. thuringiensis DB27 and to reveal the C. elegans defense mechanisms against this pathogen, we conducte ...[more]