Table of Contents:
  • Ecology of C. elegans
  • Historical background to host-parasite studies with nematodes
  • D. coniospora, a natural pathogen of C. elegans
  • Fungal infection and injury induce antimicrobial peptide genes
  • Genetics to understand the control of antimicrobial peptide gene expression
  • The importance of the nematode surface coat
  • Signal transduction pathways that control antimicrobial peptide gene expression