Plant-parasitic nematodes are responsible for substantial damages within the agriculture
industry every year, which is a challenge that has thus far gone largely unimpeded …

Different model systems have, over the years, contributed to our current understanding of the
molecular mechanisms underpinning the various types of interaction between bacteria and …

Despite important progress in identifying the molecules that participate in the immune
response of Drosophila melanogaster to microbial infections, the involvement of thioester …

Drosophila has been established as an excellent genetic and genomic model to investigate
host-pathogen interactions and innate immune defense mechanisms. To date, most …

Immune priming in insects involves an initial challenge with a non-pathogenic microbe or
exposure to a low dose of pathogenic microorganisms, which provides a certain degree of …

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Archive ouverte UNIGE https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch Thèse 2012 Open Access This version of the …