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SUBMITTER: Lionakis MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4045217 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lionakis Michail S MS Kontoyiannis Dimitrios P DP
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 20120101
Mammalian hosts have traditionally been considered the "gold standard" models for studying pathogenesis and antifungal drug activity in invasive aspergillosis (IA). Nevertheless, logistical, economical, and ethical constraints make these host systems difficult to use for high-throughput screening of putative Aspergillus virulence factors and novel antifungal compounds. Here, we present Drosophila melanogaster, a heterologous non-vertebrate host with conserved innate immunity and genetic tractabi ...[more]