Modeling data for Infectious agents

C. elegans serves as an infection model for various bacteria, fungi and nematodes, in order to study:

• host genes involved in infection and resistance
• bacterial virulence factors
• to identify effective drugs
• drug screening in infection

Model Proposal

The Experimental_model tag refers to ?DO_term (disease), in cases of study of infectious agents using Elegans, it is not so much a 'disease model' as an infection model, as it sounds a bit silly to talk about elegans as a model for dysentery, as compared to saying it is an infection model for the bacteria, Shigella flexneri.

Proposal for ?Gene

 
 Current Gene model:
 ?Gene
 Disease_info 	Experimental_model  ?DO_term  XREF  Gene_by_biology        ?Species    #Evidence	            
              	Potential_model	    ?DO_term  XREF  Gene_by_orthology      ?Species    #Evidence
              	Disease_relevance   ?Text                                  ?Species    #Evidence 
 
 Add under ?Gene  Disease_info:

                Infection_model     Required_for_infection     ?Strain   XREF  Host_infection_gene    ?Species    #Evidence  
                                    Resistance_to_infection    ?Strain   XREF  Host_resistance_gene   ?Species    #Evidence
                                    Infection_model_description  ?Text                                ?Species    #Evidence

 

Add to Strain model:

 ?Strain
 Infection_model_info             Host_infection_gene   ?Gene  XREF  Required_for_infection
                                  Host_resistance_gene  ?Gene  XREF  Resistance_to_infection
                                  Infection_model_description  ?Text  ?Species  #Evidence