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From pathogen to a commensal: modification of the Microbacterium nematophilum–Caenorhabditis elegans interaction during chronic infection by the absence of host insulin signalling

The nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans depends on microbes in decaying vegetation as its food source. To survive in an environment rich in opportunistic pathogens, C. elegans has evolved an epithelial defence system where surface-exposed tissues such as epidermis, pharynx, intestine, vulva and hin...

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Autores principales: Gravato-Nobre, Maria, Hodgkin, Jonathan, Ligoxygakis, Petros
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7561485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32580971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.053504