The Circadian Clock Protein Timeless Regulates Phagocytosis of Bacteria in Drosophila

Survival of bacterial infection is the result of complex host-pathogen interactions. An often-overlooked aspect of these interactions is the circadian state of the host. Previously, we demonstrated that Drosophila mutants lacking the circadian regulatory proteins Timeless (Tim) and Period (Per) are...

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Main Authors: Stone, Elizabeth F., Fulton, Ben O., Ayres, Janelle S., Pham, Linh N., Ziauddin, Junaid, Shirasu-Hiza, Mimi M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3257305/