Sex differences in susceptibility of ICR mice to oral infection with Corynebacterium kutscheri

Experimental Animals

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-42

  Komukai, Yumi ^a   Amao, Hiromi ^a   Goto, Natsuki ^a   Kusajima, Yoshihiro ^a   Sawada, Takuo ^a   Saito, Manabu ^a   Takahashi, Kazuaki W ^a  

^a NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C. kutscheri; ICR mice; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM KUTSCHERI;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 0032603042     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.48.37     Document Type: Article

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