Consequence of Nramp1 deletion to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5811-5814

  North, Robert J ^a   LaCourse, Ronald ^a   Ryan, Lynn ^a   Gros, Philippe ^b  

^a TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032705733     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.5811-5814.1999     Document Type: Article

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