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A Protocol to Infect Caenorhabditis elegans with Salmonella typhimurium
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Immunology and Infection
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JoVE Journal Immunology and Infection
A Protocol to Infect Caenorhabditis elegans with Salmonella typhimurium

A Protocol to Infect Caenorhabditis elegans with Salmonella typhimurium

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June 26, 2014

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06:50 min
June 26, 2014

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C. elegans has emerged as a new genetic model to study host-pathogen interactions. Here we describe a protocol to infect C. elegans with Salmonella typhimurium coupled with the double-strand RNAi interference technique to examine the role of host genes in defense against Salmonella infection.

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