The insect pathogen Steinernema feltiae elicits a toxicological response to chromium VI contamination in vivo.
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We detected the expression of 4 gene families known, or suspected, to be linked to systematic response to toxic stress. These were glutamine synthetase, thioredoxin, interferon, and ATP synthetase subunit.
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Three other gene families were suspected to be expressed, though require further study to be confirmed. These are neurexin genes, RNA subunit genes and some form of nitrate assimilation homologues.