Prevalence of local immune response against oral infection in a Drosophila/Pseudomonas infection model.

Pathogens have developed multiple strategies that allow them to exploit host resources and resist the immune response. To study how Drosophila flies deal with infectious diseases in a natural context, we investigated the interactions between Drosophila and a newly identified entomopathogen, Pseudomo...

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Main Authors: Peter Liehl, Mark Blight, Nicolas Vodovar, Frédéric Boccard, Bruno Lemaitre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0020056