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Drosophila are protected from Pseudomonas aeruginosa lethality by transgenic expression of paraoxonase-1.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Sept 2008
Stoltz David A, Ozer Egon A, Taft Peter J, Barry Marilyn, Liu Lei, Kiss Peter J, Moninger Thomas O, Parsek Matthew R, Zabner Joseph
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses quorum sensing, an interbacterial communication system, to regulate gene expression. The signaling molecule N-3-oxododecanoyl homoserine lactone (3OC12-HSL) is thought to play a central role in quorum sensing. Since 3OC12-HSL can be degraded by paraoxonase (PON) family members, we hypothesized that PONs regulate P. aeruginosa virulence in vivo. We chose Drosophila melanogaster as our...
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