Salmonella typhimurium -infected Caenorhabditis elegans...

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ABSTRACT:
Disclosed are screening methods for identifying the interplay between environmental and host signals (e.g., host-dependent or host-independent signals) and physiological pathogenic pathways that control or regulate genes responsible for establishing a persistent infection, as in the colonization of the gut of the nematode.

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