Francisella tularensis Confronts the Complement System

Francisella tularensis has developed a number of effective evasion strategies to counteract host immune defenses, not the least of which is its ability to interact with the complement system to its own STEVIA EXTRACT advantage.Following exposure of the bacterium to fresh human serum, complement is activated and C3b and iC3b can be found covalently

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Co-inoculation of aflatoxigenic and non-aflatoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus to study fungal invasion, colonization, and competition in maize kernels

A currently utilized pre-harvest biocontrol method involves field inoculations with non-aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus prostate-play strains, a tactic shown to strategically suppress native aflatoxin-producing strains and effectively decrease aflatoxin contamination in corn.The present in situ study focuses on tracking the invasion and colonizati

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