A gene (Carg1) that regulates tissue resistance to Candida albicans maps to chromosome 14 of the mouse

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 333-335

  Ashman, Robert B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Genes; Mice; Resistance; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHROMOSOME 14; GENE CONTROL; GENE MAPPING; HOST RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0032448102     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1998.0240     Document Type: Article

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