Dental Caries Susceptibility in Mice Is Closely Linked to the H-2 Region on Chromosome 17

Caries Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 262-265

  Suzuki, N ^a   Kurihara, Y ^a,a,b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caries susceptibility; Major histocompatibility complex; Mouse; Strain difference; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

H2 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C3H MOUSE; CARIOGENIC DIET; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DIET, CARIOGENIC; FEMALE; H-2 ANTIGENS; HAPLOTYPES; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0031609380     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016462     Document Type: Article

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