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WormBase Tree Display for Disease_model_annotation: WBDOannot00000018

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Name Class

WBDOannot00000018Disease_termDOID:104
Disease_of_speciesHomo sapiens
Modeled_byDisease_relevant_geneWBGene00005156
Association_typeis_implicated_in
Evidence_codeGO_codeIMP
ECO_termECO:0007013
Genetic_sexhermaphrodite
Paper_evidenceWBPaper00029153
Disease_model_descriptionC. elegans is used as a model system to study bacterial adherence via biofilm formation and to identify genes in the infectious agent as well as the host that are required for infection; the elegans srf-6 gene is implicated in the adherence of bacterial pathogens like Yersinia pseduotuberculosis and Yersinia pestis via biofilms.
Curator_confirmedWBPerson324
Date_last_updated07 Nov 2023 00:00:00