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Salmonella Typhimurium infection causes defects and fastening of Caenorhabditis elegans developmental stages.
Microbes and infection - 1 Jan 2000
Mishra Neha, Mallick Swarupa, Negi Vidya Devi
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella infection is known to cause a 50% reduction in the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans. But the mechanism behind this reduction is not reported. The current study deals with the Salmonella infection mediated egg retention in the worm leading to various developmental and morphological defects and disruption of temporal regulation of developmental timing in C. elegans. Worm's delayed egg-laying response...
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