A two-gene balance regulates Salmonella typhimurium tolerance in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

Lysozymes are antimicrobial enzymes that perform a critical role in resisting infection in a wide-range of eukaryotes. However, using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a model host we now demonstrate that deletion of the protist type lysozyme LYS-7 renders animals susceptible to killing by the...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth K Marsh, Maaike C W van den Berg, Robin C May
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3047536?pdf=render