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. 2020 Apr 8;11:1741. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15555-8

Fig. 6. Model of C. elegans adaptation to P. vranovensis.

Fig. 6

C. elegans heritably adapts to P. vranovensis exposure via a mechanism that requires CYSL-1, CYSL-2, and RHY-1. Briefly, our data indicates that parental exposure of C. elegans to P. vranovensis results in the activation of the SKN-1 transcription factor and increased expression of the cysteine synthases cysl-1 and cysl-2 and the predicted O-acyltransferase rhy-1 in offspring. These three genes are required for the observed increase in offspring survival in response to P. vranovensis infection.