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RACK-1, a multifaceted regulator is required for C. elegans innate immunity against S. flexneri M9OT infection.
Developmental and comparative immunology - 1 Sept 2017
Marudhupandiyan Shanmugam, Prithika Udayakumar, Balasubramaniam Boopathi, Balamurugan Krishnaswamy
Abstract excerpt
The nematode C. elegans has the ability to clear off bacterial colonization in the intestine using pathogen specific innate immune response. Here, we show that C. elegans RACK-1 has been vital in determining the survival of worms under specific pathogenic infection. Among various pathogens tested, S. flexneri M9OT (SF) exhibited highest pathogenicity by killing rack-1 mutant worm-VC3013 earlier when compared to...
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