Secreted Bacterial Effectors and Host-Produced Eiger/TNF Drive Death in aSalmonella-Infected Fruit Fly.

Death by infection is often as much due to the host's reaction as it is to the direct result of microbial action. Here we identify genes in both the host and microbe that are involved in the pathogenesis of infection and disease in Drosophila melanogaster challenged with Salmonella enterica ser...

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Main Authors: Stephanie M Brandt, Marc S Dionne, Ranjiv S Khush, Linh N Pham, Thomas J Vigdal, David S Schneider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2004-12-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC532388?pdf=render