Resistance to Leishmania major is linked to the H2 region on chromosome 17 and to chromosome 9

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1705-1710

  Roberts, Lynden J ^a   Baldwin, Tracey M ^a   Curtis, Joan M ^a   Handman, Emanuela ^a   Foote, Simon J ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 19; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC REGULATION; HELPER CELL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC MARKERS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 0030923103     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.9.1705     Document Type: Article

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