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A Protocol to Infect Caenorhabditis elegans with Salmonella typhimurium
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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 00:53Preparations
- 02:01Feeding RNAi to Nematodes
- 03:34Treating C. elegans with Salmonella and Scoring Survival
- 05:41C. elegans Survival from Salmonella Infection and bec-1
- 06:25Conclusion
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.
