Contribution of melanization to survival and microbial infection.

This table summarizes several survival and bacterial load analyses performed with mutations affecting the melanization cascade in Drosophila. Lower, Higher and Same mean lower, higher or same host survival (or bacterial load) compared to wild-type, respectively. The asterisk (*) symbol indicates a statistical p value <0.05. The references are given as superscript numbers: 1. [27]; 2. [14]; 3. [18]; 4. [17]; 5. [26]; 6. [13]; 7. this study.