Escherichia coli Infection of Drosophila
Authors: Charles Tracy and
Helmut Krämer,
date: 05/05/2017,
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[Abstract] Following septic insults, healthy insects, just like vertebrates, mount a complex immune response to contain and destroy pathogens. The failure to efficiently clear bacterial infections in immuno-compromised fly mutants leads to higher mortality rates which provide a powerful indicator for genes with important roles in innate immunity. The ...