Figure 8. Down-regulation of sid gene expression resulted in reduction of fly viability after infection with bacteria.

Twenty five 2–3 day-old female animals were infected with E. coli (A) or M. luteus (B), from each indicated fly genotypes. All vials containing the post-infection experimental and control groups were maintained at 29°C on regular fly medium for seven days. Every day the total number of live and dead flies was recorded. Each time point represents the average of three independent trials. W¹¹¹⁸ wild-type control flies were compared with experimental fly lines (P<0.0001, Log-rank test for trend).