Effect of Vitamin A on Listeria monocytogenes Infection in a Silkworm Model

Insect infection models have been used increasingly to study various pathogenic agents in evaluations of pathogenicity and drug efficacy. In this study, we demonstrated that larvae of the silkworm Bombyx mori are useful for studying Listeria monocytogenes infections in insects. Infection with the L....

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Main Authors: Castillo, Yussaira, Suzuki, Jin, Watanabe, Kenta, Shimizu, Takashi, Watarai, Masahisa
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5036829/