Fig. 9

Fig. 9 Fig. 9. C1q-like is essential for defense and survival in response to bacterial infection. (A) C1q-like expression changes detected by Q-RT-PCR at different times after the embryos infected by the pathogen bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila at 24 hpf. The ratio of C1q-like to β-actin in untreated embryos was set to 1 in every stage, and all infected embryos were normalized relative to this value. The data represent mean ± SD of three separate experiments. Hpi means hours post infection. (B) At 24 hpf, the normal control wild-type embryos, the over-expressed C1q-like embryos, and the C1q-like morphant embryos were respectively challenged with the pathogen bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila, and the cumulative mortality were recorded at the indicated times after infection. The data represents mean ± SD of three separate experiments. p < 0.05.